Thomas Taylor, Running the Blockade, American Edition, with Map

Description

Thomas Taylor’s Running the Blockade  is a firsthand account of blockade running by a participant in the events described.

Includes reminiscences of the supercargo of blockade runners with important information about North Carolina as well.

“Wilmington was the first port I attempted; in fact with the exception of one run to Galveston, it was always our destination.”

Taylor, Thomas E. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE: A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES, RISKS, AND ESCAPES DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. NY: Scribner’s Sons, 1896. 1^st American edition; 180p.; illus.; folding map intact. (Harwell, In Tall Cotton, 91; Nevins I, 235: