When the southern lights went dark : the lighthouse establishment during the Civil War
Title:
When the southern lights went dark : the lighthouse establishment during the Civil War
Author:
Clifford, Mary Louise, author.
ISBN:
9781493047062
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Physical Description:
vii, 424 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents:
1860 Before the War -- USLHT Guthrie sails 1861 Hostilities Begin -- The Light-House Board Took Stock -- Montgomery, Alabama, February 1861: The Seceded States Formed the Confederacy -- The 5th Lighthouse District Continued Operating Throughout the Civil War -- May 1861: The Light-House Board Frequently Sought Military Assistance -- Summer of 1861: For the Blockade to be Effective, the Union Needed Ports on the Southern Coast -- August 1861: The Navy Carried Union Troops to Retake the Outer Banks of North Carolina -- August 1861: Lighthouses in District 7 Seized by Confederate Sympathizers -- Summer of 1861: For the Blockade to be Effective, the Union Needed Ports on the Southern Coast -- 1862 Battles for Ports -- January-July 1862 in the 5th Lighthouse District -- July-December in the 5th District -- 1862 in the 6th Lighthouse District -- 1862 in the 7th Lighthouse District -- In 1862 the Navy Turned its Attention to the Gulf Coast and the Mississippi River -- September-December 1862 in the 8th Lighthouse District -- Confederate States Lighthouse Bureau -- 1863 Reestablishing Aids to Navigation -- Reestablishing Aids to Navigation -- Confederate States of America -- 1863 in the 5th Lighthouse District -- 1863 in the 6th Lighthouse District -- 1863 in the 7th Lighthouse District -- 1863 in the 8th Lighthouse District -- 1863 in the 9th Lighthouse District -- 1864 Expanding Union Control -- Confederate Lighthouse Bureau in -- 1864 in the 5th Lighthouse District -- 1864 in the 5th and 6th Lighthouse Districts -- March 1864: Atlantic Coast of South Carolina and Georgia -- 1864 in the 7th Lighthouse District -- 1864 in the 8th and 9th Lighthouse Districts, New Orleans -- United States Light-House Board -- 1865 The End of Hostilities -- 1865 The End of Hostilities -- 1865 in the 6th Lighthouse District -- 1865 in the 7th Lighthouse District -- 1865 in the 8th Lighthouse District, New Orleans -- 1866-1868 After the War -- 5th District After the War -- 6th District After the War -- 7th District After the War -- 8th District After the War -- 9th District After the War
Abstract:
"The Confederacy extinguished the lights in all the lighthouses it controlled long before any shots were fired at Fort Sumter. When the Southern Lights Went Dark: The Lighthouse Establishment During the Civil War tells the story of the men who assumed the daunting task of finding the lenses and lamps, repairing deliberate destruction to the towers and lightships, and relighting them as soon as the Navy could afford them protection. From Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Light, Jupiter Inlet to Tybee Island, St. Simons to Cockspur Island and others, these are the stories from a unique era in United States lighthouse history"-- Provided by publisher.
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