Confederate Privateers

by William Morrison Robinson

Book Overview

Recounts the exploits of the Confederacy's privately armed ships and of the sailors known as "gentlemen adventurers"

The Confederate Privateers recounts the exploits of the Confederacy's privately armed ships and their sea battles with the Union. Using naval war records and other archives, William Robinson describes the privateers, their cruises, their successes, their failures, and their ultimate fates. This narrative history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570030057
• ISBN13: 9781570030055
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 8.9"