Captain James Carlin : Anglo-American blockade-runner / Colin Carlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlin, Colin, author.

Series:

Studies in maritime history.

Studies in Maritime History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carlin, James, 1833-1921.

Carlin, James.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2016]

Summary:

A unique portrait of one of the most successful blockade runners who brought vital supplies to Confederate forces.

Contents:

Early days, 1833-1848

Navigation school, the apprentice, 1850-1856

United States Coast Survey, 1856-1860

A romantic interlude, 1857

Transition, 1860

The blockade is declared, 1860-1861

Wildcatter, blockade running under sail, 1860-1862

First gunfire: the alert, October 1861

The Confederacy confronts the blockade: the business of blockade-running, 1861-1862

Running through the blockade for Trenholm and Company, 1861-1862

The Memphis Affair, July 31-August 1, 1862

Trial of the Memphis, August-September, 1862

Recriminations and fall out, 1862

Fort LaFayette: Anglo-American diplomatic exchanges and James Carlin's struggle for release, August-December 1862

Still a captive, late 1862

Diplomatic power play, Christmas 1862-January 1863

James stakes his claim, January-July 1863

Resumption of trade: the intrepid Carlin, January-May 1863

The "commodore" of the South Carolina I&E Company: "knights of the sea," June-July 1863

Charleston under siege, 1863

The CSS Torch incident: drama and treachery, August 1863

Trouble in Bermuda: or how not to run the blockade, September-November 1863

Preparing for change, December 1863

Appointment in Scotland, December 1863-1864

Liverpool and the last days of the Confederacy, March 1864-June 1865

The last of the cotton, April-May 1865

Financial matters, 1864-1866

Life in England, June 1865-1871

Charleston and Florida ventures, 1865-1869

The steamer Salvador and the Cuban revolution, 1869

The Cuban run, May 1869

The Cuban shore, May-June, 1869

The Queen v. Salvador and British Foreign Enlistment Act 59, Geo. III 1819 c.69. May 1869

Caribbean repercussions: the governor tenders his resignation, 1869-1878

What happened next, 1870-1891.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

963584026