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Sea hawk of the Confederacy

Name: Sea hawk of the Confederacy
Author: R. Thomas Campbell
ISBN: 9781572491786

by R. Thomas Campbell

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In 1861, as the flames of war were being fanned throughout the nation, a young midshipman resigned from the United States Navy and made his way south to Montgomery, Alabama. There, he offered his services to the new Confederate States of America. Charles W. Read, in the next four years, compiled a record of ingenuity and daring unsurpassed in the annals of American naval history.

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A biography of naval officer Read from the time he resigned from West Point in 1861 and offered his services to the Confederacy to his capture, four years later, at the mouth of the Mississippi. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)