. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . l intercourse of the Confederacy with the outside world. At first it was chiefly a paper 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 mimitions of war at every Southern port, taking in return cotton, so necessary to keep the loo
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . l intercourse of the Confederacy with the outside world. At first it was chiefly a paper 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 mimitions 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 difiiculty and danger of dealing 114]. COPYRIGHT, 1011, PATRIOT PUS. CO A FLEET OF FEDERAL BLOCKADERS IN 1864 with the South, it did not deter greatly the bold spirits to whom this war-time commerce was so profitable and neces-sary, and down to the tall 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 fleet had beendoubled in strength. Meanwhile the blockade-runners cont
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