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    During the American Civil War, blockade runners were used to get supplies through the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America that extended...
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    tremendous, so blockade-runners typically had excellent crews. Although having modus operandi similar to that of smugglers, blockade-runners are often operated...
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    The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. The blockade was proclaimed...
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  • in the American Civil War Canada in the American Civil War Bahamas in the American Civil War Blockade runners of the American Civil War Timeline of British...
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    Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...
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    left America before and during the war. History of the Bahamas Blockade runners of the American Civil War United Kingdom in the American Civil War Canada...
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    Cuba in 1867. American Civil War portal Captured ships of the American Civil War Wilkinson, John (1877). The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner. Sheldon & Company...
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    during the latter part of the American Civil War. She was purchased by the Union Navy and outfitted as a gunboat and assigned to the blockade of the waterways...
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    "The Blockade Runners" (French: Les forceurs de blocus) is an 1865 novella by Jules Verne. In 1871 it was published in single volume together with novel...
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    CSS Robert E. Lee (category Blockade runners of the American Civil War)
    which was bought as a blockade runner for the Confederate States during the American Civil War, then subsequently served in the United States Navy as...
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    USS Atlanta (1861) (category Blockade runners of the American Civil War)
    served in the Confederate and Union Navies during the American Civil War. She was converted from a British-built blockade runner named Fingal by the Confederacy...
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  • The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Civil War: American Civil Warcivil war in the United States of...
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    USS Princess Royal (category Blockade runners of the American Civil War)
    was a British merchant ship and blockade runner that became a cruiser in the Union Navy during the American Civil War and later returned to civilian service...
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    Sidney Lanier (category Blockade runners of the American Civil War)
    September 7, 1881) was an American musician, poet and author. He served in the Confederate States Army as a private, worked on a blockade-running ship for which...
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    CSS Sumter (category Blockade runners of the American Civil War)
    foundered on the Dogger Bank on 14 February 1867, with her crew being rescued by a fishing smack. Blockade runners of the American Civil War Confederate...
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    during the American Civil War due to the Union's successful overland campaigns, its control of inland waterways into the South, and its blockade of the southern...
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    needed] List of ships captured in the 18th century List of ships captured in the 19th century Blockade runners of the American Civil War Prize money Spolia...
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    London Armoury Company (category Weapons of the Confederate States of America)
    another arms dealer that supplied the Confederacy Blockade runners of the American Civil War — how British arms made it to the Confederacy "Revolver - Colt...
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  • The diplomacy of the American Civil War involved the relations of the United States and the Confederate States of America with the major world powers during...
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    consensus of historians who address the origins of the American Civil War agree that the preservation of the institution of slavery was the principal aim of the...
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    USS Hornet (1865) (category Blockade runners of the American Civil War)
    Cuban rebels during the Ten Years' War. Blockade runners of the American Civil War Ships captured in the American Civil War Office of Naval Records, 1921...
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    for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. It was the last port to fall to the Union Army (February 1865), completing its blockade of the Atlantic...
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  • Leopard, one of the blockade runners of the American Civil War CMC Leopard, a defunct British light personal business jet developed in the 1980s as two...
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  • The economic history of the American Civil War concerns the financing of the Union and Confederate war efforts from 1861 to 1865, and the economic impact...
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    The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...
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    disruptions. The Union blockade of southern ports was a major factor in the American Civil War. During World War I, the Allies blockaded the Central Powers...
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  • The Civil War book series (OCLC 20080930) chronicles in great detail the American Civil War. Published by Time Life Books, the series was simultaneously...
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  • John Wilkinson (CSN) (category Blockade runners of the American Civil War)
    and captain in the Confederate States Navy (CSN) during the American Civil War. He was commander of several blockade runners, including the CSS Robert E...
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    financially. By war's end, 60% of the cotton produced in the south during the war had gone to Britain. Blockade runners of the American Civil War Charles K...
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    USS Calhoun (category Blockade runners of the American Civil War)
    and blockade runner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War. Calhoun was put into service as a gunboat by the Union...
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