Shipwrecked
A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-running, and the Slave Trade
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
Format: Book
Description: xvii, 317 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
"The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, and Cuban liberation to the Civil War and Reconstruction"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Youth -- Family -- California -- Africa -- Diplomacy -- Secession -- War -- The Augusta -- Fort Lafayette -- Fort Warren -- Charles Street Jail -- Execution -- Trial -- Isolation -- Escape -- Exile -- Lincoln -- Kidnapping -- Divorce -- Storms -- Death -- Appendix 1: Oaksmith Family Tree -- Appendix 2: The Wells and Manuel Ortiz
Subjects:
Oaksmith, Appleton, 1827 or 1828-1887.
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 -- Family.
Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.
Slave traders -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Escapes -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades.
Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Carteret County (N.C.) -- Biography.
Oaksmith, Appleton, 1827 or 1828-1887.
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 -- Family.
Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.
Slave traders -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Escapes -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades.
Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Carteret County (N.C.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781538175019
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Oaksmith, Appleton | Main (Downtown) | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-306) and index.