. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . >^j^yf/-/-/^/f///^.-> ^^^^^^^^■v^^^^^v^^^ ^ ^v^^^^^^■ •--*k,.. A GREYHOUND CAUGHT—WRECK OF TIH^ BL0CK4DE-RUNNER COLT The wreck of this blockade-runner, tlie Colt, lies off Sullivans Island, Charleston Harbor, in1865. The coast of the Carolinas, before the war was over, was strewn with just such sights asthis. The bones of former greyhounds became landmarks by which the stiU uncaptured block-ade-rimners could get their bearings and laj a course to safet
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . >^j^yf/-/-/^/f///^.-> ^^^^^^^^■v^^^^^v^^^ ^ ^v^^^^^^■ •--*k,.. A GREYHOUND CAUGHT—WRECK OF TIH^ BL0CK4DE-RUNNER COLT The wreck of this blockade-runner, tlie Colt, lies off Sullivans Island, Charleston Harbor, in1865. The coast of the Carolinas, before the war was over, was strewn with just such sights asthis. The bones of former greyhounds became landmarks by which the stiU uncaptured block-ade-rimners could get their bearings and laj a course to safety. If one of these vessels were cutoff from nud<iiig i)()rt aii<l surrounded l)y Federal ])ursuers, tlie next l)est tiling was to run her ashorein shallow water, where the giudjoats could not follow and where her \aluable cargo could be se-cured by the Confederates. A single cargo at war-time jjrices was enough to pay more than thecost of the ^ Regular auctions were held in Charleston or ^Ailmington, where prices forgoods not needed by the Confederate Government were run \\\i to fabulous figures. The businessof blockade-running was \\ell organized abroad, especially in England. One su
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