Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade (Jonathan W. White - NH) Ed Bearss Operations

Operations

a sea captain turned artilleryman named Freeman McGilvery cobbled together a defensive line that proved decisive on July 2

the book offers the most complete account of what actually took place aboard United 93 – from its delayed takeoff at Newark International Airport to the moment it plunged upside-down at 563 miles per hour into an open field in rural Somerset County

The Cumberland Valley Railroad

Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade (Jonathan W. White - NH) Ed Bearss Operationsby Jonathan White From the New York Times: "The astonishing stories in Shipwrecked [offer] a fresh perspective on the mess of pitched emotions and politics in a nation at war over slavery." Historian Jonathan W. White tells the riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid 19th century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering