. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . l intercourse of the Confederacy with the outside world. At first it was chiefly a pa[M-r blockade,and the fact that its mere announcement accorded to the Confederacy the status of belligerents was hailed at theSouth as a fortunate diplomatic mistake. Swift merchantmen abroad were easily induced to enter the bold enter-prise which meant such profitable trade; laughing at the inadequate Federal patrol, they began to dump huge cargoesof the munitions of war at every Sou
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . l intercourse of the Confederacy with the outside world. At first it was chiefly a pa[M-r blockade,and the fact that its mere announcement accorded to the Confederacy the status of belligerents was hailed at theSouth as a fortunate diplomatic mistake. Swift merchantmen abroad were easily induced to enter the bold enter-prise which meant such profitable trade; laughing at the inadequate Federal patrol, they began to dump huge cargoesof the munitions of war at every Southern port, taking in return cotton, so necessary to keep the looms of Europegoing. With the rapid growth of the Federal navy the blockade, whose early impotence had been winked at byEuropean powers, became more and more a fact. The cordon was drawn tighter and tighter from the Potomac tothe Rio Grande. One venturesome vessel after another was overhauled or driven ashore and both they and their cargoesbecame the rich prizes of the Federal navy. While this served vastly to increase the difEcuIty and danger of dealing 1 14]. COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO A FLEET OF FEDERAL BLOCIC\DERS IN ISCA wilh the South, it did not deter greatly tlie bold spirits to whom this war-time commerce was so profitable and neces-sary, and down to the fall of the last Southern seaport swift blockade-runners were found that could continue to showthe beleaguering fleet a clean pair of heels. From the wars very beginning the Confederates were hopeful of beingable to oppose the Federal navy with fighting-vessels that would raise the blockade, but they could not build boatsfast enough, and almost as soon as they were finished they were captured or destroyed in one bold attempt after anotherto contend with the superior numbers that opposed them. Once at Mobile and again at Charleston, after a naval vic-tory the Confederates proclaimed the blockade raised, only to find that in a few days the investing fle
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