Seahawk Burning
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Seahawk Burning

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Seahawk Burning

About this book

A Novel of the Civil War at Sea This final volume in the Raphael Semmes trilogy of Civil War naval thrillers, Seahawk Burning, follows the real-life adventures of Confederate Captain Raphael Semmes and his ship, the C.S.S. Alabama, on the final legs of their reign of terror on the high seas. The novel chronicles Semmes's rise to mythic stature as he becomes Lincoln's public enemy number one, seizing and burning scores of Yankee ships in the Caribbean Sea, the south Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and the South China Sea before heading to France for sanctuary...all the while dodging scores of federal Navy ships pursuing him.Enemy vessels, spy games, mutinies, storms, and loneliness stock Semmes's cruise during 1863-64. Meanwhile, back in the Lincoln White House, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles tries to marshal his warships to catch Semmes and simultaneously protect his president from spies and assassins, one of whom is Semmes's mistress.In addition to the main characters, the cast of Seahawk Burning includes historical figures from the governments and navies of the North and South as well as the Black Moses Harriet Tubman, John Wilkes Booth, and his fellow conspirators.All of the threads in this saga come together in a final showdown off Cherbourg, France, when Semmes decides to take the Alabama into battle against the U.S.S. Kearsarge, captained by his old friend John A. Winslow. It is one of the greatest naval battles in history.

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Information

Publisher
Gallery Books
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781440533150
eBook ISBN
9781440531750
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Prologue: CSS ALABAMA: January 27, 1863: South of Hispaniola
  6. 1: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Late January, 1863
  7. 2: FAIAL, AZORES: February 1, 1863
  8. 3: BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA: February 2, 1863
  9. 4: SANTO DOMINGO: Early February, 1863
  10. 5: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Early March, 1863
  11. 6: FAIAL, AZORES: Early March, 1863
  12. 7: ST. JOHNS RIVER, FLORIDA: March 10–11, 1863
  13. 8: CSS ALABAMA: Late March, 1863
  14. 9: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Late March, 1863
  15. 10: FAIAL, AZORES: Late March, 1863
  16. 11: COMBAHEE RIVER, SOUTH CAROLINA: Late March, 1863
  17. 12: FERNANDO DE NORONHA: Early April, 1863
  18. 13: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Early April, 1863
  19. 14: USS KEARSARGE: April 8–10, 1863
  20. 15: BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA: Mid-April, 1863
  21. 16: USS KEARSARGE: Early May, 1863
  22. 17: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: May 29, 1863
  23. 18: BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA: June 1, 1863
  24. 19: CSS ALABAMA: June 2, 1863
  25. 20: COMBAHEE RIVER, SOUTH CAROLINA: June 2, 1863
  26. 21: CSS ALABAMA: July 2–3, 1863
  27. 22: USS KEARSARGE: July 9, 1863
  28. 23: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: July 14, 1863
  29. 24: FOLLY AND MORRIS ISLANDS, SOUTH CAROLINA: July 18–19, 1863
  30. 25: CSS ALABAMA: Early August, 1863
  31. 26: SAINT HELENA ISLAND: August 16, 1863
  32. 27: USS KEARSARGE: Early September, 1863
  33. 28: BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA: Early September, 1863
  34. 29: THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: September 14, 1863
  35. 30: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Late September, 1863
  36. 31: USS VANDERBILT: Late September, 1863
  37. 32: HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA: Mid-October, 1863
  38. 33: CSS ALABAMA: Late October, 1863
  39. 34: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Early November, 1863
  40. 35: USS KEARSARGE: November 7, 1863
  41. 36: SCHOONER JACQUELINE B: November 8, 1863
  42. 37: CSS ALABAMA: November 11–13, 1863
  43. 38: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: December 21, 1863
  44. 39: HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA: December 23, 1863
  45. 40: CSS ALABAMA: December 24, 1863
  46. 41: USS KEARSARGE: January 1, 1864
  47. 42: HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA: Early January, 1864
  48. 43: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: February 5, 1864
  49. 44: CSS ALABAMA: Late February, 1864
  50. 45: USS KEARSARGE: Mid-March, 1864
  51. 46: EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA: Early April, 1864
  52. 47: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: April 17, 1864
  53. 48: USS KEARSARGE: April 18, 1864
  54. 49: CSS ALABAMA: April 23, 1864
  55. 50: LINCOLNVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA: Mid-May, 1864
  56. 51: CSS ALABAMA: Early June, 1864
  57. 52: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: June 5, 1864
  58. 53: USS KEARSARGE: June 12, 1864
  59. 54: HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA: June 12, 1864
  60. 55: CSS ALABAMA: June 14, 1864
  61. 56: USS KEARSARGE: June 18, 1864
  62. 57: ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP EUROPA: Early morning, June 19, 1864
  63. 58: THE ENGLISH CHANNEL: Morning, June 19, 1864
  64. 59: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Morning, June 19, 1864
  65. 60: THE ENGLISH CHANNEL: Late-Morning, June 19, 1864
  66. 61: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Late Morning, June 19, 1864
  67. 62: THE ENGLISH CHANNEL: Noontime, June 19, 1864
  68. EPILOGUE: SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND: June 21, 1864
  69. Historical Notes
  70. Southern Seahawk
  71. Also Available
  72. Copyright

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