Breaking the Blockade : The Bahamas during the Civil War /

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"On April 16, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a blockade of the Confederate coastline. The largely agrarian South did not have the industrial base to succeed in a protracted conflict. What it did have-and what England and other foreign countries wanted-was cotton and tobacco. Industrious...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ross, Charles D., 1958- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Blockade.
United States.
Bahamas > Nassau.
Nassau (Bahamas) > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Blockades.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Two arrivals
  • The stage is set. George Trenholm sees the future ; Heyliger arrives
  • Interlude: why Nassau? "This remote western maritime colony" ; The Bay Street boys
  • The great carnival. Putting the pieces in place ; The lions of the Royal Victoria ; Yellow Jack ; A new consul ; Living for the hour ; Trouble in New York
  • The curtain falls. "It is rather sickly here" ; "Blockade-running from this port has ceased" ; Like a town sacked and burned by the enemy.

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