Four Years in the Confederate Navy

Four Years in the Confederate Navy
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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 174
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ISBN-10 : 9780820339382
ISBN-13 : 0820339385
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Book Synopsis Four Years in the Confederate Navy by : William Stanley Hoole

Download or read book Four Years in the Confederate Navy written by William Stanley Hoole and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Low came to America from England in 1856 at the suggestion of his uncle, Andrew Low, a prosperous Savannah- Liverpool businessman. Just as he established himself in nautical businesses in Savannah the Civil War broke out. Low was ordered to England to help in the undercover task of buying, building, and convoying warships to the South. William Stanley Hoole traces Low's adventures in the service of the Confederacy. Low aided in the acquisition and delivery of the ironclad Fingal and the Florida. He served with Admiral Semmes aboard the famed raider Alabama and was involved in the capture, commissioning, voyage, and detention of the Tuscaloosa. His final task was to deliver the Ajax in the last days of the war.


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