num_pages: 403
description: Throughout the Civil War, the Confederacy was able to sustain its military forces due to a lifeline of steam propelled blockade runners. And now, for the first time, a comprehensive study that describes the tremendous maritime trade that flowed into Southern harbors from Texas to Virginia is available with the publication of Lifeline of the Blockade Running During the Civil War. Highlighted with numerous maps, illustrations, and a listing of more than 300 blockade runners, this book analyzes the impact of blockade running on the Southern war effort. The work tells the vivid story of the revolutionary vessels and the unknown individuals who made up the supply system that came to be called the "Lifeline of the Confederacy."
language: English
title: Lifeline of the Confederacy: Blockade Running During the Civil War
titlecomplete: Lifeline of the Confederacy: Blockade Running During the Civil War (Studies in Maritime History)
characters: Caleb Huse, John Newland Maffitt, Stephen Mallory, Josiah Gorgas, George Trenholm, Christopher Memminger, Colin J. McRae, James Seddon, James Dunwoody Bulloch, Thomas Haines Dudley, Jefferson Davis
genres: Civil War, Military History, American Civil War, History, Naval History
ratings_count: 32
series: Studies in Maritime History
publisher: University of South Carolina Press