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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1884 Original Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Subjects: Secret service Confederate States of America United States History / Military / General History / Military / World War II History / Military / United States History / Military / Naval History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Political Science / International Relations / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER I. Sketch of the anomalous condition of the whole country, North and South, during the period between the election of Mr. Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States and the beginning of hostilities, in theory an undivided Republic, in fact two separate Governments: one at Washington, one at Montgomery. -- The organization of the Confederate Navy Department. -- The poverty of the South with respect to naval resources. -- The naval policy of the Confederate Government. -- The necessity of looking abroad for the means to carry on naval operations. -- The commencement of hostilities. -- The Louisiana ' Board of War' and the Bienville. -- Personal incidents. -- Journey South. -- Blocking the Mississippi. South Cakolina was the first of the Southern States to secede from the American Union. Her ' Ordinance of Secession' was passed on the 20th of December, 1860, about one month after the election of Mr. Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency of the United States. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana soon followed. Delegates from those States met at Montgomery in February, 1861, organized a Legislative Assembly, and formed a Provisional Government, with Mr. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, as President. Arkansas, Texas, and North Caroli...

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