blockade

[Pete1864]

What is the best overall book on the Union blockade?

 

[USS ALASKA]

Uh...just 1?

Sir, for a complete overview, please start with the following...

• Browning, Robert M., Jr. From Cape Charles to Cape Fear: The North Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil War. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Univ. of Alabama Press, 1993. 309 pp.
• Browning, Robert M., Jr. Lincoln's Trident: The West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Univ. of Alabama Press, 2014. 712 pp.
• Browning, Robert M., Jr. Success Is All That Was Expected: The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil War. Washington: Brassey's Inc., 2002. 359 pp.

...those should get you started rather nicely.

If you want some free reading and to check the bibliographies for further reference, please see...

Civil War Blockade Papers | Naval War - At Sea & Along Inland Waterways

I've been slowly collecting papers on the Blockade - thought I would post them here for reference and discussion... A Hard Blockade: The Union Navy and the Foundation of Union Hard War Policy Blakeney K. Hill Texas Christian University "Any discussion of the Union blockade during the Civil...

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Civil War Naval Papers | Naval War - At Sea & Along Inland Waterways

Collection; School of Advanced Military Studies Monographs Title; Raphael Semmes and Confederate commerce raiding in the Civil War: a case study on operational art. Author; Prickitt, Jeffrey W. Branch/Country; United States Navy Abstract During the American Civil War, Confederate naval...

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...and you can scrub the excellent list compiled by CWT member @Mark F. Jenkins here...

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/knowledge-of-the-naval-war.77727/page-5#post-783063

HTHs,
USS ALASKA

 

[Rhea Cole]

For an idea of what the manifest of a blockade runner consisted of the salvaged cargo of the Modern Greece that was driven ashore near Fort Fisher is unique.

Modern Greece was swallowed up by silt & sand. She was discovered close to the beach in 70' of water. The sediment preserved the cargo to a remarkable degree.

Link:

The blockade runner, Modern Greece, and her cargo : Bright, Leslie S : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Bibliography: p. [195]-203

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[Josh The Lighthouse Guy]

To add to Browning's three blockade squadron histories mentioned above, the counterpart for the East Gulf Blockade Squadron is Blockaders, refugees, & contrabands by George E. Buker.