Item details: Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade - 48479338

Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade

text Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade

White, Jonathan W.

Summary: "The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in... Read more

Contents: Youth -- Family -- California -- Africa -- Diplomacy -- Secession -- War -- The Augusta -- Fort Lafayette -- Fort Warren -- Charles Street Prison -- Execution -- Trial -- Isolation -- Escape -- Exile -- Lincoln -- Kidnapping -- Divorce -- Storms -... Read more

Format: text

Description: xvii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield 2023

Library	Location	Status

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	973.6092 WHI in New Non-fiction	Checked out (Due: 2023-12-26)

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Oaksmith, Appleton 1827 or 1828-1887 Ship captains United States Biography Slave traders New York (State) New York Biography Slave trade United States History 19th century Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince 1806-1893 Family Escapes Massachusetts Boston United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Blockades Nicaragua History Filibuster War, 1855-1860 New York (N.Y.) Biography Carteret County (N.C.) Biography Oaksmith, Appleton 1827 or 1828-1887 Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince 1806-1893 Blockade Escapes Families Ship captains Slave trade Slave traders Massachusetts Boston New York (State) New York Nicaragua North Carolina Carteret County United States

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