Alabama deploying to the Far East.Ībove: On April 19, 1863, Denby notes that C.S.S. Wyoming surgeon Edwin Denby comments on the rumors of Confederate commerce raider C.S.S. Wyoming, dispatched to hunt down the Confederate raiders across the globe.Ībove: In his diary entry of March 3, 1863, U.S.S. In response, the Union Navy deployed its own sloops-of-war as counter forces, with the likes of U.S.S. Confederate ships with names like Alabama, Shenandoah, Florida, and Sumter, built mostly in England, operated against Union shipping across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. To help counter the industrial and trade advantages inherent in the North, the Confederacy commissioned a series of commerce raiders to harass and nullify Union merchant vessels on the high seas. The Battle of Shimonoseki Straits, fought 157 years ago today, was a notable Civil War-era action for the US Navy in that it occurred in the Far East and didn't involve the Confederacy. But while the Civil War was, of course, a domestic affair, the presence of the combatant navies on the high seas made it a global conflict that occasionally involved other nations. ![]() Infinitesimal are the odds that someone mentions an encounter in the territorial waters of another nation. Far less likely of a response would be the South Atlantic Blockade or any of the operations along the Mississippi River. Restrict that same passerby to naming a naval battle or theater, and the response might be the Monitor and the Merrimack. ![]() The Civil War Spreads Overseas by Unknown User on T15:13:56-04:00 in History, Naval & Military Studies | 0 CommentsĪsk your average passerby to name a Civil War battle or theater, and you are likely to get a response like Gettysburg, Antietam, or Fort Sumter.
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