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The C. S. S. Florida : Her Building and Operations
author
:
Owsley, Frank Lawrence.
publisher
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University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0817303367
print isbn13
:
9780817303365
ebook isbn13
:
9780585186993
language
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English
subject
Florida (Cruiser) , Confederate States of America.--Navy--History, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
publication date
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1987
lcc
:
E599.F6O97 1987eb
ddc
:
973.7/57
subject
:
Florida (Cruiser) , Confederate States of America.--Navy--History, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
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The C.S.S. Florida: Her Building and Operations
Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr.
With a New Introduction and Revised Bibliography by the Author
The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa and London
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First published in the United States of America in 1965 by the University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright 1965 by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Also published in the United Kingdom, India, and Pakistan by the Oxford University Press London, Bombay, and Karachi
New Edition published 1987 by The University of Alabama Press
New Introduction and Revised Bibliography Copyright 1987 by The University of Alabama Press
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Owsley, Frank Lawrence, 1928 The C.S.S. Florida.
Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Florida (Cruiser) 2. Confederate States of America. NavyHistory. 3. United States HistoryCivil War, 18611865Naval operations. I. Title. II. Title: CSS Florida. E599.F6097 1987 973.7'57 86-19362 ISBN 0-8173-0336-7
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data is available.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
6
Introduction
7
Preface
11
1. The Building of the Florida
17
2. The Florida at Mobile
34
3. First Cruise
50
4. The Cruise of the Clarence and Tacony
78
5. The Florida at Brest
92
6. The Second Cruise
110
7. The Capture of the Florida
137
8. Conclusion
156
Notes
165
Appendixes
187
Bibliography
191
Index
200
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Acknowledgements
This author wishes to express his appreciation to Auburn University for a research grant-in-aid which permitted him to complete this work. He wishes to thank Mrs. Judy B. Carroll and Mr. Elbert L. Huber of the National Archives, Washington, D.C., and Dr. James W. Patton of the University of North Carolina for their help. Valuable information and suggestions were furnished him by Mr. William E. Geoghegan and Dr. Phillip K. Lundeberg, both of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and Dr. William S. Hoole of the University of Alabama Library. This author is indebted to Mr. Seale Johnson for his wise counsel and to Miss Suzanne Gray for her assistance in preparing the maps and diagrams for this work. He also wishes to express his appreciation for their valuable aid and criticism to Professor Richard S. West, Jr., Dr. James B. Sellers, Mrs. Margaret K. Latimer, Mrs. Harriet C. Owsley, Dr. Thomas A. Belser, Jr., Mrs. Susan H. Findley, and to his wife, Dorothy S. Owsley.
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Introduction
In the twenty-one years since The C.S.S. Florida: Her Building and Operations was first published, numerous other books and articles have been written concerning the Confederate Navy, several of which deal with the cruisers and their officers. Most of these, however, are about C.S.S. Alabama. C.S.S. Florida: Her Building and Operations remains the only scholarly work specifically written about this ship. Even when one considers the newer studies, most historians appear reluctant to recognize the value of cruiser warfare. Many students of naval history still insist that the Civil War was the last major conflict in which surface cruisers were used effectively. This view is based on the assumption that the invention of the radio rendered the surface raider entirely too vulnerable; its victims could broadcast their location, bringing about a swift pursuit and destruction of the raider. Also, perhaps, the emergence of the submarine ultimately overshadowed the surface raider, though this interpretation probably discounts too much the role of the surface ships.
Many years ago when this author was still in high school, he read an account of Count Felix Von Luckner's World War I raids on allied commerce with Seeadler, a converted clipper ship that bore an uncanny resemblance to Florida. Von Luckner's exploits left a deep impression on the mind of the young reader and created a life-long interest in commerce raiders, an interest that eventually led to the writing of this book.
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