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Shipwrecked, a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade, Jonathan W. White

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Shipwrecked, a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade, Jonathan W. White

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shipwrecked

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1368035068

Responsibility statement

Jonathan W. White

Sub title

a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade

Summary

"The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, and Cuban liberation to the Civil War and Reconstruction"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Youth -- Family -- California -- Africa -- Diplomacy -- Secession -- War -- The Augusta -- Fort Lafayette -- Fort Warren -- Charles Street Prison -- Execution -- Trial -- Isolation -- Escape -- Exile -- Lincoln -- Kidnapping -- Divorce -- Storms -- Death -- Appendix 1: Oaksmith Family Tree -- Appendix 2: The Wells and Manuel Ortiz

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True Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade

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