Southern Seahawk
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Southern Seahawk

A Novel of the Civil War at Sea

  1. 294 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Southern Seahawk

A Novel of the Civil War at Sea

About this book

Southern Seahawk, the first novel in the Seahawk Trilogy, grows from the true story of Commander Raphael Semmes' rise to infamy, becoming the Union's "Public Enemy Number One."In June, 1861, Semmes' Confederate cruiser Sumter makes a daring escape through the Federal Blockade of the Mississippi. So begins the commander's career as the Southern Seahawk. With a hand-picked crew of Southern officers and mercenary seamen, Semmes seizes eight enemy ships in four days, a record never surpassed by any other captain of a warship. By the time the cruises of the Sumter and her successor Alabama end, Semmes will have taken and burned more than eighty prizes, making him the most successful maritime predator in history.For two and a half years Semmes eludes a pack of pursuers and almost single-handedly drives marine insurance rates so high in the North, that many Yankee ships refuse to sail until he is caught Back in Washington, Semmes' predations fuel feuds within the Lincoln cabinet and incite the spy games of historical figures like courtesans Rose Greenhow, Betty Duval, detective Allan Pinkerton and the commander's mistress.

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Information

Publisher
Gallery Books
Year
2011
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781440534034
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Also by Randall Peffer
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. PROLOGUE: USS Brig Somers DECEMBER 8, 1846, MEXICAN WAR
  7. 1 District of Columbia JANUARY 12, 1861
  8. 2 District of Columbia FEBRUARY 13-14, 1861
  9. 3 The Hudson River MID-MARCH, 1861
  10. 4 District of Columbia MID-APRIL, 1861
  11. 5 Montgomery LATE APRIL, 1861
  12. 6 District of Columbia EARLY MAY, 1861
  13. 7 New Orleans MAY 27, 1861
  14. 8 District of Columbia LATE MAY, 1861
  15. 9 District of Columbia EARLY JUNE, 1861
  16. 10 Mississippi Delta JUNE 29-30, 1861
  17. 11 USS Powhatan JULY 1-2, 1861
  18. 12 CSS Sumter JULY 3, 1861
  19. 13 USS Powhatan JULY 3, 1861
  20. 14 CSS Sumter JULY 4-5, 1861
  21. 15 District of Columbia JULY 6, 1861
  22. 16 CSS Sumter JULY 6, 1861
  23. 17 Executive Mansion JULY 12, 1961
  24. 18 District of Columbia JULY 13, 1961
  25. 19 CSS Sumter JULY 13, 1861
  26. 20 District of Columbia JULY 17, 1861
  27. 21 Curaçao JULY 17-21, 1861
  28. 22 New York JULY 21, 1861
  29. 23 USS Powhatan LATE JULY
  30. 24 CSS Sumter JULY 27, 1861
  31. 25 Santiago De Cuba EARLY AUGUST, 1861
  32. 26 USS Powhatan AUGUST 13, 1861
  33. 27 District of Columbia AUGUST 5, 1861
  34. 28 CSS Sumter SEPTEMBER 6 & 7, 1861
  35. 29 District of Columbia MID-SEPTEMBER, 1861
  36. 30 USS Powhatan SEPTEMBER 21-22, 1861
  37. 31 CSS Sumter SEPTEMBER 27, 1861
  38. 32 District of Columbia SEPTEMBER 28, 1861
  39. 33 The Horse Latitudes SEPTEMBER 28-29, 1861
  40. 34 The Executive Mansion MID-OCTOBER, 1861
  41. 35 CSS Sumter OCTOBER 27, 1861
  42. 36 District of Columbia NOVEMBER 1-2, 1861
  43. 37 District of Columbia NOVEMBER 2, 1861
  44. 38 Old Bahama Channel NOVEMBER 8, 1861
  45. 39 St. Thomas, Danish Virgin Islands EARLY NOVEMBER, 1861
  46. 40 Martinique NOVEMBER 9, 1861
  47. 41 District of Columbia NOVEMBER 10, 1861
  48. 42 St. Pierre, Martinique NOVEMBER 14-15, 1861
  49. 43 District of Columbia NOVEMBER 15, 1861
  50. 44 St. Pierre, Martinique NOVEMBER 19, 1861
  51. 45 District of Columbia NOVEMBER 22, 1861
  52. 46 Martinique NOVEMBER 23,1861
  53. EPILOGUE: Northern Virginia DECEMBER 2, 1861
  54. HISTORICAL NOTES
  55. About the Author
  56. Copyright

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