The Blockade and the Cruisers

This is Volume 14 of a 16 Volume set originally published in 1885 by Charles Scribners's & Sons. Written by 14 different authors such as Abner Doubleday, John Nicolay and Jacob D. Cox, these volumes present the Army and the Navy in the Civil war. The Army series covers causes and battles from the " Outbreak of Rebellion" to "Chancellorsville and Gettysburg" and on the "Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65. A volume of Statistical Records completes the Army set. The three volumes about the Navy include "The Blockade and the Cruisers", "The Atlantic Coast" and "The Gulf and Inland Waters". Each volume contains a wealth of information, with its own introduction, preface, index, appendix(s), illustrations and maps. As a set, it is in-depth view the Civil War. THE BLOCKADE AND THE CRUISERS PREFACE. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE PREPARATIONS CHAPTER II. THE BLOCKADE CHAPTER III. THE CHESAPEAKE CHAPTER IV. THE ATLANTIC SQUADRONS CHAPTER V. THE GULF SQUADRONS CHAPTER VI. THE BLOCKADE-RUNNERS CHAPTER VII. THE COMMERCE-DESTROYERS CHAPTER VIII. CONCLUSION LIST OF MAPS. THE BLOCKADED COAST HAMPTON ROADS ENTRANCES TO CAPE FEAR RIVER ENTRANCES TO CHARLESTON HARBOR PASSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI ENTRANCE TO MOBILE BAY GALVESTON HARBOR AND ENTRANCE APPENDIX A. VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, MARCH 4,1861 APPENDIX B. VESSELS CONSTRUCTED OR PROJECTED, 1861-65, APPENDIX C. INSTRUCTIONS FROM FLAG-OFFICER GOLDSBOROUGH TO OFFICERS COMMANDING BLOCKADING VESSELS INDEX.