British Ships in the Confederate Navy

<p> During the American Civil War British-crewed warships harassed Union merchantmen sinking a total value of more than $15000000 in ships and cargo. Considered pirates by the federal government these ships and crew were at the center of a largely unknown but fascinating struggle between Commander James Dunwoody of the Confederate Navy U.S. Ambassador Charles Francis Adams and Consul Thomas H. Dudley. This history of British assistance to the Confederate Navy covers that story in full and provides a close look at the British seamen who manned warships and blockade runners.</p>