The C.S.S. Florida: Her Building and Operations

ISBN-13: 9780817312817 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str.

Jr. Frank Lawrence Owsley

Opis

With a new introduction and revised bibliography by the author, this book is the story of a few Confederate ships that did considerable damage to the great U.S. merchant marine fleet during the Civil War. The "Florida" and the ships she outfitted caused such uproar with their daring exploits against American shipping that the Union Navy finally had to use desperate measures to capture them. During her tow cruised, the "Florida" captured and destroyed son $4,051,000 worth of commerce. This amount was a close second to the destruction by the famous ship "Alabama," and almost twice as much as the destroyed by the "Shenandoah." The C.S.S. "Florida s" life was short but effective. It has been said that if other Confederate campaign had been as successful as those of the commerce raider, the South would most certainly have won the war.

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