Carried Into War
A Soldier's Life
Realities of War
The Home Front
Facing the Grim Reaper
Breaking the Blockade
The Last Campaigns
An Uncertain Future
Acknowledgments
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The Federal blockade placed on the Southern coastline at the outbreak of war slowly tightened. Since the South was primarily agricultural rather than industrial, the Confederacy relied on European imports for many of its needed war goods. Ships called blockade-runners brought these materials through the blockade. The success of blockade-runners became important to the survival of the Confederacy. Wilmington served as a major port of entry for blockade-runners.
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North Carolina Ironclads
North Carolina Blockade-Runners
Wilmington
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