[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #5137, aired 2007-01-02 [PAR] Jan 2, 2007 ... Proverbially, "let's run it up" this "& see if anyone salutes" ... It was the sweet smell 
of success for Franois Coty, whose wealth in ... The Union began one of these in 
1861; the ship CSS Sumter had some success running it... [DOC] [TLE] Blockade runners of the American Civil War - Wikipedia [PAR] The blockade runners of the American Civil War were seagoing steam ships that 
were used to make their way through the Union blockade that extended some 
3,500 miles (5,600 km) ... Some blockade runners made many successful runs 
while many others were either captured or destroyed. There were an estimated... [DOC] [TLE] CSS Alabama - Wikipedia [PAR] CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States 
Navy at Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool, England by John 
Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, 
attacking Union merchant and naval ships .... Kearsarge now had Alabama 
boxed in with no place left to run. [DOC] [TLE] Union blockade - Wikipedia [PAR] The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the United 
States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. The blockade was proclaimed by 
President Abraham Lincoln in April 1861, .... At the time of the declaration of the 
blockade, the Union only had three ships suitable for blockade duty. The Navy... [DOC] [TLE] Ahoy - Mac's Web Log - CSS Sumter [PAR] Havana was quickly renamed CSS Sumter, after the Sourthern Fort Sumter which 
had already fallen to Union troops on the 13th. of April 1861. This ship was a... [DOC] [TLE] The Blockade Runners - Civil War Trust [PAR] The most successful were the steamers that had be-hinged to the Southern 
coasting ... As these vessels were captured or destroyed one by one, there was 
nothing to ... trade between Nassau or Bermuda and Wilmington or some other 
blockaded port. ... This 1861 photograph shows a Confederate flag flying in Fort 
Sumter. [DOC] [TLE] American Civil War: The Blockade and the War at Sea [PAR] May 1, 2006 ... One of the great ironies of the American Civil War was the Union ... In 1861 they 
were so convinced of the power of 'King Cotton' that .... sinking it, and 
Confederate commerce raiders stuck to these rules. ... Early commerce raiders, 
such as the C.S.S Sumter, were ad-hoc affairs, although that ship had some... [DOC] [TLE] C.S.S. Alabama [PAR] Dec 11, 2006 ... The C.S.S. Alabama was the most successful Confederate commerce ... she sank 
or captured 66 Union ships, including the warship Hatteras. ... of James D. 
Bulloch, one of the more successful Confederate agents in Europe. ... His already 
had some invaluable experience as captain of the C.S.S. Sumter,... [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National ... [PAR] April 12, 1861- Southern forces fire upon Fort Sumter, South Carolina. ... July 21, 
1861- The Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas), is fought near Manassas, 
Virginia. ... The Union Army under General Nathaniel Lyon, attack Confederate 
troops ... to be one of the finest officers the South has, is killed on the first day of 
fighting. [DOC] [TLE] Naval Battles of Charleston, 1863 - Cleveland Civil War Roundtable [PAR] The Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter was a 33-hour, one-sided ordeal 
which ... These warships had drafts of 22 feet and had to be positioned 
considerably offshore ... The Navy was very successful with its prime task to 
blockade the ... But the Union Navy did not convoy American merchant ships on 
the high seas. [DOC] [TLE] April 1861April 1862 - The Civil War in America | Exhibitions ... [PAR] Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, continued to fly the ... 
Confederates began shelling the fort on April 12, 1861, and Union guns 
responded. ... and one hundred rounds of ammunition per gun, . . . two men at 
one of these could .... Realizing early

Question: The Union began one of these in 1861; the ship CSS Sumter had some success running it
Answer: a blockade