Download or read book The Last of the Blockade and the Fall of Fort Fisher (Classic Reprint) written by Francis P. B. Sands and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-23 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Last of the Blockade and the Fall of Fort Fisher As an acting ensign on that vessel I began my experiences inactive service in the war for the suppression of the rebellion. The need for supplies for the Confederate armies in the Carolinas and Virginia, and the great profit in cotton from the Southern States had brought forward from England a large number of daring spirits, who, for the great gain of the ventures and the excitement attending the traffic, were willing to dare the risks of blockade running; and month by month their numbers increased. Charleston and Wilmington were the principal objective points for such ventures, and as the numbers of the successful trips increased the Federal Government taxed every resource to multiply the number of vessels in front of those seaports, and off the many inlets along the Atlantic coast. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.