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x, 178 pages : 23 cm "Captain John Clibbon Brain of the Confederate States' Navy launched himself into the American Civil War with a verve and gusto which belied his origins in a Gloucestershire village in peaceful, rural England. At the beginning of the Civil War, he emigrated to the United States and enthusiastically took up a military career. He was soon transferred to the Confederate Navy where his recklessness and bravado ensured his success as a privateer ... Throughout all [the] excitement, however, Brain kept his mother's family in England informed of his adventures and it is from this unique and fascinating correspondence that the authors have pieced together this the story of their daring and unorthodox relative"--Jacket Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-174) and index The Bannut Tree House : early days in England -- 'The Federal flag at the peak and the Confederate flag at the fore' : the South finds itself at war -- 'Come on, you damned volunteers' : the first modern war evolves -- 'A sawn-off roof of a gabled house floating on the water' : baptism of fire, the first naval engagements -- A knight of the Golden Circle : Secret Service, and so to prison -- 'P

Author

David Hay; Joan Frances Doulton Hay

Publisher

New York: Crescent Books

Published

1977

Language

EN

ISBN

9780517218556

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir