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Author McKenna, Joseph, author.

Title British blockade runners in the American Civil War / Joseph McKenna
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

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Contents The Confederacy in Britain tests the blockade -- The British are coming -- Transshipment into the Confederacy -- A blockade to run through -- The ship builders -- The ships that ran the blockade -- Girdles and guns: tales from the blockade-runners -- Cotton bonds and the new plan -- The end of the adventure
Summary "Focusing on British involvement in the war, this history names the overseas bankers and manufacturers who, in need of cotton and other exports, financed and equipped the ships that ran the blockade. The author attempts to disentangle the names of the captains--many were Royal Navy officers on temporary leave--and tells their stories in their own words"-
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 06, 2019)
Subject Cotton trade -- Confederate States of America -- History
Cotton trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Shipping -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Military assistance, British -- Confederate States of America
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Blockade
Commerce
Cotton trade
International relations
Military assistance, British
Military operations, Naval
Shipping
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140215
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140251
Confederate States of America -- Relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Relations -- Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America -- Commerce -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Commerce -- Confederate States of America
Subject Great Britain
United States
United States -- Confederate States of America
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781476636436
1476636435