The Civil War--historical items of the Confederate States Navy : naval engagements blockade running etc., etc. / [compiled by Richard D. Steuart]. [1957]

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The Civil War--historical items of the Confederate States Navy : naval engagements blockade running etc., etc. / [compiled by Richard D. Steuart]. [1957]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38104287

2 v. (455 p.) : ill. ; 29 cm.

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Steuart, Richard Dennis, 1882-1951

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...