OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE SURRENDER OF ITS LAST VESSEL. ITS STUPENDOUS STRUGGLE WITH THE GREAT NAVY OF THE AND TORPEDOES, AND PRIVATEER HISTORY. BY J. THOMAS SCHARF, A. M., LL.D. AN OFFICER OF THE LATE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY, History Author of "Chronicles of Baltimore," "History of Maryland," "History of Baltimore, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. NEW YORK: ROGERS & SHERWOOD, 1887 ARMAV Putipher! 184 2A1. NEW ORLEANS, LA ΤΟ THE OFFICERS OF THE NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, WHO, IMPELLED BY CONVICTIONS OF DUTY, RESIGNED THEIR COMMISSIONS IN THE NAVY OF THE AND TO THEIR COMRADES, WHO FROM CIVIL LIFE BECAME OFFICERS IN THAT SERVICE; AS WELL AS TO THE BRAVE SAILORS WHO SHARED THE PERILS AND PRIVATIONS OF THAT NAVY, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED, AS THE AUTHOR'S TRIBUTE TO CONSCIENTIOUS DUTY WELL PERFORMED, TO UNSURPASSED COURAGE OF A SERVICE WHICH IS SURPASSED BY THAT OF NO OTHER PEOPLE IN HONORA- |