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U.S. Revenue Cutters of the Civil War (Hardcover)
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U.S. Revenue Cutters of the Civil War (Hardcover)
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Despite the seemingly never-ending torrent of books about the
American Civil War, relatively little has been written about the
role of the United States Revenue Marine Service (now the U.S.
Coast Guard) in the naval struggle against the Confederacy. The
United States Revenue Cutters in the Civil War presents a
ship-by-ship study of this neglected aspect of the war, from the
decisions of individual cutter commanders as to which side they
would take in the struggle to their ships key role in enforcing the
Northern blockade of the South s coasts. The author, an expert on
the early history of the Revenue Service, also tells the amazing
story of the capture of the cutter Caleb Cushing by Confederates
under the command of Lieutenant Charles W. Savez Read, CSN in the
harbor of Portland, Maine, his daring escape, brief battle with
Union ships, and the scuttling of the Cushing. This hard-to-find
publication also documents the other combat actions, nautical
mishaps, and ultimate fates of these unsung participants in the
naval side of the Civil War.
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