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High Seas And Yankee Gunboats: A Blockade-Running Adventure From The Diary Of James Dickson (Studies in Maritime...
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by Roger S. Durham
Sales Rank: 1151968
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 185 pages
Published by: University of South Carolina Press April 30, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1570035725
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1570035722
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 14.4 ounces
Book Description
High Seas and Yankee Gunboats tells of the harrowing adventures of two men from Savannah, Georgia, who sought to breach the Federal blockade early in the Civil War. Roger S. Durham draws from James Dicksons 1862 Civil War diary to frame the story of the young sailors travels with his friend Thomas L. Hernandez from New Jersey to Nova Scotia to the coast of Georgia. Using Dicksons diary and other primary source materials, Durham deftly recounts their remarkable voyage and makes available a firsthand vantage point of the early war years in which blockade runners enjoyed their greatest success.
Durham traces the journey of Dickson and Hernandez aboard the blockade runner Standard on its mission to smuggle medicines, commercial goods, and provisions. Blown off course by ravaging winds, the Standard struggled for more than five weeks through the stormy north Atlantic Ocean before reaching the waters near Brunswick, Georgia. In his diary, Dickson records his thoughts about the trip and the day-to-day difficulties faced by the crew. His account reveals the degree of contempt these men felt for the efficiency of the blockade, believing that even in a wind-powered brigantine they could penetrate Union defenses. Their story illustrates the commercial connections between Halifax and the Confederacy and features many prominent Georgians, including the Colcock Jones family made famous by Robert M. Myerss The Children of Pride.
Dicksons diary ends abruptly, in mid-sentence, in the midst of action. From other primary sources Durham pieces together the fates of Dickson and Hernandez and tells how they successfully transported their cargo to Savannah only to lose the Standard shortly thereafter in an encounter with Union forces.
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"Roger Durhams High Seas and Yankee Gunboats is an informative snapshot of small-time blockade running operations during the Civil War. Despite the fact that James Dicksons diary ended in mid-sentence, Durhams superb historical detective work gives closure to the story. The four-month adventure related in this fascinating diary is a penetrating narrative of man against the sea which embellishes our understanding of the Civil War." -Robert M. Browning Jr., historian, U.S. Coast Guard, and author of Success Is All That Was Expected: The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil War
"Durhams outstanding research ties together disparate threads in this seafaring tale of Civil War blockade running. Durham artfully reconstructs the storm-plagued voyage of a Nova Scotia sailing vessel that ran the blockade into the Georgia sounds and was then trapped. While most blockade-running narratives center on major ports, Durham opens our eyes to the smaller scale importing that was also vital to the Confederacys survive. His exceptional knowledge of the Georgia sounds, coupled with a willingness to travel far afield, provides a personalized journey through time to experience an original account of Civil War naval history." --Lawrence E. Babits, Director of Maritime Studies, East Carolina University, and author of A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens
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