Descripción
During the American Civil War the Confederacy’s commerce raiders sought to weaken the United States by driving Us merchant shipping from the seas. The pinnacle of commerce raider design, CSS Alabama, enjoyed considerable success in this endeavor, capturing some 60 merchant vessels. One of the US Nvy’s most advanced warships, the cruiser USS Kerarsarge spent most of tghe war hunting these Confederate raiders, culminating in an epic clash with Alabama of the coast of France in june 1864. This book pressents the complete story of the development of the Conferacy’s commerce raiding force and the ships Union sent against them, covering three dramatic warship duels: CSS Alabama vs USS Hatteras, CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge and CSS Florida vs USS Wachusett.
