OF THE

CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY

FROM ITS ORGANIZATION

TO THE SURRENDER OF ITS LAST VESSEL.

ITS STUPENDOUS STRUGGLE WITH THE GREAT NAVY OF THE
UNITED STATES; THE ENGAGEMENTS FOUGHT IN THE RIVERS
AND HARBORS OF THE SOUTH, AND UPON THE HIGH SEAS;
BLOCKADE RUNNING, FIRST USE OF IRON-CLADS

AND TORPEDOES, AND PRIVATEER HISTORY.

BY

J. THOMAS SCHARF, A. M., LL.D.

AN OFFICER OF THE LATE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY,

Author of "Chronicles of Baltimore," "History of Maryland," "History of Baltimore," "History
of St. Louis," "History of Western Maryland," "History of Philadelphia," "History of
Westchester County, N. Y.," etc. Also, Member of Historical Societies of Virginia,

Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Wis-
consin, Minnesota, Philosophical Society of Ohio, etc., etc.

PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED.

NEW YORK:

. ROGERS & SHERWOOD,