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“…a man who owned a number of blockade runners…”
MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, p. 98.
“…the CSS Alabama…”
For a full account of the construction of the Alabama, see In the Shadow of the Alabama, by Renata Eley Long.
Long, R. E. (2015). In the shadow of the Alabama: The British Foreign Office and the American Civil War, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
“Those were Maury’s orders.”
As will be documented below, this is largely what Maury did in Europe.
“His ship was fired upon…”
MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, p. 98.
“…to navigate by the stars.”
A funnier scene in the orignal.
MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, pp. 98-100.
“…a hideout from the pirate days…”
MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, pp. 100-01.
“They debauched on champaign…”
MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, p. 101.
“Maury was feted first…”
MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, p. 102.
“…the Royal Mail steamer…”
MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, p. 102.
“…HMS Nile.”
MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, p. 103.