Dispatches from Bermuda
Subtitle: the Civil War letters of Charles Maxwell Allen, United States consul at Bermuda, 1861-1888
By: edited by Glen N. Wiche.
Contributors: Wiche, Glen Norman.
Series: Civil War in the North
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780873389389
Subjects: Allen, Charles Maxwell -- Correspondence; Confederate States of America. -- Navy -- History; Blockade -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 19th century; Consuls -- United States -- Correspondence; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations; Bermuda Islands -- History, Naval -- 19th century; Atlantic Ocean Region -- History, Naval -- 19th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1861-1865
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives.
Description: "In the summer of 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Charles Maxwell Allen U.S. consul to Bermuda. During the Civil War, Allen's post became one of vital importance to the United States as this British colony became a center for Confederate blockade-running activities. As the sole representative of Union interests in pro-Confederate Bermuda, Allen found himself involved in the shadowy-world of intelligence gathering as he attempted to thwart these blockade-runners. Allen's dispatches shed new light on two important and often overlooked aspects of the war: the Union blockade of southern seaports and the effort to bring vital war supplies through the blockade to the Confederate states."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.