Museum lecture to assess the effectiveness of the Civil War naval blockade
A former history professor at the University of South Carolina believes the effort wasn't as successful as many have assumed
Historian Michael Brem Bonner, who is co-writing a book on the topic, has found that only one in six smugglers was caught. Also, English captains and crews, which had legal immunity that American smugglers lacked, often ran the blockades. In the end, the key to stopping trade was capturing Southern ports
Date & Time
March 8, 2019
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum - 301 Gervais St. , Columbia, SC, 29201