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Tag Archives: Union Blockade
Greenhide
A Mobile newspaper published some advice for self-help as the South was trying to deal with the economic issues caused by secession, the blockade, and the huge demands of the army for men and material. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch … Continue reading
Friday Three Pack
It’s been a shooting war cum blockade for well over a year. Nevertheless, on a Friday night in Richmond 150 years ago this week you could still catch a show at a local theater – and in this case ticket … Continue reading
Battling the Blockade … and Yellow Fever
It’s month old news but a fresh source of Confederate pride for the Dispatch editors. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 8, 1862: Brilliant Naval exploit. We doubt whether the late exploit of the Confederate shipsteamer Florida, in running the … Continue reading
FernadinaLeaks
In early March a Union naval expedition under Samuel F. Du Pont captured and occupied the area around Fernadina, Florida. During the occupation a correspondent found an early 1861 letter from then U.S. Senator David Yulee to a friend back … Continue reading
Big Demand for Saltpetre
Here a Richmond, Virginia newspaper from 150 years ago sees the Union blockade that is limiting Confederate access to gunpowder as another blessing in disguise because it will help the South be more self-reliant. Also, Confederate citizens will have a … Continue reading
Nashville in Confederate Hands???
The same week that the city of Nashville fell to Union forces the CSS Nashville successfully ran the blockade after a trip to England. Apparently Captain Robert Baker Pegram used some deception to evade the blockading ship off the North … Continue reading
Goad on the James
150 years ago today Confederate Navy Commander John Randolph Tucker of the CSA’s James River Squadron moved the CSS Patrick Henry down the river and skirmished long range with U.S. ships off Newport News. The Patrick Henry inflicted minor damage. … Continue reading
Blockading off Cape Canaveral
And Hoping to Store the Prisoners at Fort Taylor at Key West 150 years ago today the USS Connecticut captured the Adeline off Cape Canaveral as part of the Union blockade. The Adeline “hoisted English colors”. Here’s a couple letters … Continue reading
Commerce? What Commerce?
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 7, 1861: Roclictis. –The late freshet played the very mischief with the wharf at Rocketts. It appears to have been turned quite upside down in some places, and ruin alone marks the scene of … Continue reading
Sumpter Returns
From The New-York Times September 16, 1861: RETURN OF THE AFRICAN SQUADRON. The United States steam gun-boat Sumter arrived in this port yesterday morning, from St. Paul de Loando, Africa. She is the avant-courier of the African squadron, the whole … Continue reading
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