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Southern Seahawk, the first novel in the Seahawk Trilogy, grows from the true story of Commander Raphael Semmes' rise to infamy, becoming the Union's "Public Enemy Number One."In June, 1861, Semmes' Confederate cruiser Sumter makes a daring escape through the Federal Blockade of the Mississippi. So begins the commander's career as the Southern Seahawk. With a hand-picked crew of Southern officers and mercenary seamen, Semmes seizes eight enemy ships in four days, a record never surpassed by any other captain of a warship. By the time the cruises of the Sumter and her successor Alabama end, Semmes will have taken and burned more than eighty prizes, making him the most successful maritime predator in history.For two and a half years Semmes eludes a pack of pursuers and almost single-handedly drives marine insurance rates so high in the North, that many Yankee ships refuse to sail until he is caught Back in Washington, Semmes' predations fuel feuds within the Lincoln cabinet and incite the spy games of historical figures like courtesans Rose Greenhow, Betty Duval, detective Allan Pinkerton and the commander's mistress.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Also by Randall Peffer
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- PROLOGUE: USS Brig Somers DECEMBER 8, 1846, MEXICAN WAR
- 1 District of Columbia JANUARY 12, 1861
- 2 District of Columbia FEBRUARY 13-14, 1861
- 3 The Hudson River MID-MARCH, 1861
- 4 District of Columbia MID-APRIL, 1861
- 5 Montgomery LATE APRIL, 1861
- 6 District of Columbia EARLY MAY, 1861
- 7 New Orleans MAY 27, 1861
- 8 District of Columbia LATE MAY, 1861
- 9 District of Columbia EARLY JUNE, 1861
- 10 Mississippi Delta JUNE 29-30, 1861
- 11 USS Powhatan JULY 1-2, 1861
- 12 CSS Sumter JULY 3, 1861
- 13 USS Powhatan JULY 3, 1861
- 14 CSS Sumter JULY 4-5, 1861
- 15 District of Columbia JULY 6, 1861
- 16 CSS Sumter JULY 6, 1861
- 17 Executive Mansion JULY 12, 1961
- 18 District of Columbia JULY 13, 1961
- 19 CSS Sumter JULY 13, 1861
- 20 District of Columbia JULY 17, 1861
- 21 Curaçao JULY 17-21, 1861
- 22 New York JULY 21, 1861
- 23 USS Powhatan LATE JULY
- 24 CSS Sumter JULY 27, 1861
- 25 Santiago De Cuba EARLY AUGUST, 1861
- 26 USS Powhatan AUGUST 13, 1861
- 27 District of Columbia AUGUST 5, 1861
- 28 CSS Sumter SEPTEMBER 6 & 7, 1861
- 29 District of Columbia MID-SEPTEMBER, 1861
- 30 USS Powhatan SEPTEMBER 21-22, 1861
- 31 CSS Sumter SEPTEMBER 27, 1861
- 32 District of Columbia SEPTEMBER 28, 1861
- 33 The Horse Latitudes SEPTEMBER 28-29, 1861
- 34 The Executive Mansion MID-OCTOBER, 1861
- 35 CSS Sumter OCTOBER 27, 1861
- 36 District of Columbia NOVEMBER 1-2, 1861
- 37 District of Columbia NOVEMBER 2, 1861
- 38 Old Bahama Channel NOVEMBER 8, 1861
- 39 St. Thomas, Danish Virgin Islands EARLY NOVEMBER, 1861
- 40 Martinique NOVEMBER 9, 1861
- 41 District of Columbia NOVEMBER 10, 1861
- 42 St. Pierre, Martinique NOVEMBER 14-15, 1861
- 43 District of Columbia NOVEMBER 15, 1861
- 44 St. Pierre, Martinique NOVEMBER 19, 1861
- 45 District of Columbia NOVEMBER 22, 1861
- 46 Martinique NOVEMBER 23,1861
- EPILOGUE: Northern Virginia DECEMBER 2, 1861
- HISTORICAL NOTES
- About the Author
- Copyright