Blockaders Refugees and Contrabands

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Blockaders Refugees and Contrabands

Author	: George E. Buker
File Size	: 51,6 Mb
Publisher	: University of Alabama Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 21 June 2004
ISBN	: 9780817312961
Pages	: 248 pages

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Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron in creating civil strife and warfare along the west coast of Florida during the Civil War. This history illuminates the Squadron's impact on Florida - the Confederate state most susceptible to actions by the U.S. Navy - and the far-reaching effects of its activities on the outcome of the War.

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