I don't know much about Confederate privateering in general, other than it wasn't as successful as might have been hoped for the CSA. What waters did these vessels tend to prowl in? Did they generally stick to the Gulf of Mexico or Eastern Seaboard, or were there any that hunted down Union shipping farther afield (e.g. the eastern Atlantic, the Pacific, the South American coasts, etc) ?
Just to avoid confusion, I'm asking specifically about armed, privately operated vessels holding letters of marque, not raiders that were formally part of the navy like the CSS Alabama or Shenandoah...
Just to avoid confusion, I'm asking specifically about armed, privately operated vessels holding letters of marque, not raiders that were formally part of the navy like the CSS Alabama or Shenandoah...
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