The American Civil War ended on 6th November 1865 at Tranmere Sloyne , Birkenhead, not Liverpool. This is important because Birkenhead also built the CSS Alabama and the lesser know ironclad successors, 'the Laird Rams' . America threatened war if the Laird Rams were released by Lairds shipyard of Birkenhead to the Confederates, and they were impounded by the British Government. I say this because in the Jules Verne novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the hull of Captain Nemo's nautilus is also built in Birkenhead. The adventures of he Nautilus largely replicate the voyage of the CSS Alabama. The novel's sequel The Mysterious Island is set in 'Birkenhead' in metaphor.
I think this voyage is an amazing feat of seamanship. Amazing too that Capt. Waddell, former USN Academy and officer in the USN, who had resigned his commission and went to Richmond to volunteer his services to a non-existent CSA Navy, his command of this voyage resulted in charges of treason and piracy. He had Inflicted millions of dollars of damages upon US merchant shipping. About a century later the USN christened a new USN destroyer, the USS Waddell, honoring the superb seamanship of one of their former own, who had been deemed a traitor fit for the gallows by the US government back then. Today that famed raider can be looked at with a certain sense of marvel, and enabling readers to see how desperate the ship's command was to bring the Federals to an agreement to call a truce. All their labors, however, were in vain since the war had ended without their knowledge.
Very good presentation. Was that a common tactic? The part about where almost all US ships were on paper sold so they could legally fly flags of countries other than the US. If the rules say you can only attack US flagged ships but they sold them and now there's other flags I guess it works. Just haven't heard much that it's a widely used tactic. Thx
Bulloch did not sneak back into the US, he became a British citizen and legally visited the US in the 1870's and the !890's before his death in January 1901
Very informative, thanks for sharing.
The American Civil War ended on 6th November 1865 at Tranmere Sloyne , Birkenhead, not Liverpool. This is important because Birkenhead also built the CSS Alabama and the lesser know ironclad successors, 'the Laird Rams' . America threatened war if the Laird Rams were released by Lairds shipyard of Birkenhead to the Confederates, and they were impounded by the British Government. I say this because in the Jules Verne novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the hull of Captain Nemo's nautilus is also built in Birkenhead. The adventures of he Nautilus largely replicate the voyage of the CSS Alabama. The novel's sequel The Mysterious Island is set in 'Birkenhead' in metaphor.
No mention of the 40+ crew picked up in Australia - which was crucial.
I think this voyage is an amazing feat of seamanship. Amazing too that Capt. Waddell, former USN Academy and officer in the USN, who had resigned his commission and went to Richmond to volunteer his services to a non-existent CSA Navy, his command of this voyage resulted in charges of treason and piracy. He had Inflicted millions of dollars of damages upon US merchant shipping. About a century later the USN christened a new USN destroyer, the USS Waddell, honoring the superb seamanship of one of their former own, who had been deemed a traitor fit for the gallows by the US government back then. Today that famed raider can be looked at with a certain sense of marvel, and enabling readers to see how desperate the ship's command was to bring the Federals to an agreement to call a truce. All their labors, however, were in vain since the war had ended without their knowledge.
Very good presentation. Was that a common tactic? The part about where almost all US ships were on paper sold so they could legally fly flags of countries other than the US. If the rules say you can only attack US flagged ships but they sold them and now there's other flags I guess it works. Just haven't heard much that it's a widely used tactic. Thx
Bulloch did not sneak back into the US, he became a British citizen and legally visited the US in the 1870's and the !890's before his death in January 1901
that ship called called into Sydney and melborune towns in Australia. butt ahh do not know if they called into Auckland city.
Funny Leonardo. You have quite an imagination considering the real historian here doesn't mention His Emminice President Davis.
Screw that Prick
Al Swann Do you know about the Abbeville Institute?