Robert M. Browning has published "From Cape Charles to the Cape Fear" which chronicles the establishment of the crucial blockade from the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay to the mouth of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. This stretch included the important sites of the inland waters of the Chesapeake Bay, the James river (going to Richmond) and the North Carolina Sounds.
He has also published "Success Was All That Was Expected," a history of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron that blockaded the coast of the Confederacy from the Cape Fear River to Florida. This story covers the harrowing engagements between ships and forts, daring amphibious assaults and the evolution of submarine warfare in the form of the H.L. Hunley.
Yet another Browning book is "Lincoln's Trident" about the blockade in the Gulf of Mexico.
Obviously, Mr. Browning knows his naval history.
The meeting will be at 7 pm, Thursday, October 14 in Room 226 at the Harbor United Methodist Church at 4853 Masonboro Loop Road, Wilmington.
Another one I'd love to be at, but I'm over 1100 miles away and don't do Zoom.
Oh, Well. --Old B-Runner
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