{"product_id":"the-confederate-navy-a-pictorial-history-9780306804885","title":"The Confederate Navy: A Pictorial History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis profusely illustrated volume describes one of the most amazing fleets in historythe hastily improvised Navy of the South. At the beginning of the Civil War  the Confederate navy was a modest collection of nearly anything that would floatmostly small  unmilitary vessels and a few captured Union ships; there was not one real warship in the fleet. The North had men-of-war and a large fleet of merchant ships that could be armed quickly. As a result  the North was soon able to blockade the southern coast and capture port after port. But the South fought back ingeniously  sending agents to England and France to have the finest warships built  innovating such modern weapons as the torpedo  the submarine  and the armored warshipall of which changed the nature of naval warfare. The Confederate Navy deals with the early ironclads; with the Trent case  which nearly brought England into the war; with the fighting on the Mississippi and James rivers; and with the flamboyant blockade-runners who could make 80 000 in profits on a single voyage. It tells about the great shipsthe Alabama  the Florida   and the Shenandoah; and the great seamenSemmes  Maffit  and Bulloch  among others. Crammed with facts  anecdotes  and exciting incidents  The Confederate Navy clarifies the complicatedand often heroicnaval operations of the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45655618748469,"sku":"ByrdShop_0306804883","price":68.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780306804885.jpg?v=1781936715","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-confederate-navy-a-pictorial-history-9780306804885","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}