The blockade and the cruisers

Includes index [4] p. of the publisher's advertisements at the end Ch. 1. The preparations -- Ch. 2. The blockade -- Ch. 3. The Chesapeake -- Ch. 4. The Atlantic squadrons -- Ch. 5. The Gulf squadrons -- Ch. 6. The blockade-runners -- Ch. 7. The commerce-destroyers -- Ch. 8. Conslusion -- Appendix A. Vessels of the United States Navy, March 4, 1861 -- Appendix B. Vessels constructed or projected, 1861-65 -- Appendix C. Instructions from flag-officer Goldsborough to officers commanding blockading vessels Bound in cloth with embossed illustrations and gold lettering on the cover and the spine Handwritten signature on p. [2] of cover: Jno. G. Nicolay, June 20, 1883