Sea Wolf of the Confederacy
The Daring Civil War Raids of Naval Lt. Charles W. Read
Excerpt
Chapter One: Daring Combat
Western Mississippi, Yazoo River,
2:00 A.M., July 15, 1862
Acrid smoke drifted lazily skyward from the tall funnel of the Confederate ironclad Arkansas, signifying the activity below in the fire room as the coal heavers set to their work with a will at the open doors of the furnaces beneath the boilers. The dull light of a lantern flickered in the pilothouse, but little of it was visible from outside. Only a swath of yellow penetrated the shadows from the port cut into the iron to give the commander and the two river pilots a view ahead without being exposed to enemy fire.
Arkansas was a cumbersome vessel, ugly to the seaman accustomed to the sharp lines of a full-rigged sailing ship. H ... read full excerpt from Sea Wolf of the Confederacy: The Daring Civil War Raids of Naval Lt. Charles W. Read ebook