Originally Posted by
Soreofhing
ChrisGeorge wrote:
"a plot idea for you might be to have your South America-bound vessel stopped by a U.S. Navy vessel whose commander might suspect the ship is headed across the Atlantic with supplies for the Rebels."
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Chris, I understand the Liverpool/South America route was Liverpool, Lisbon, Cape Verde Islands, then down to Rio in the Argentine, and on to Montevideo in Uruguay.
Would the Yankees have been so far east?
regards
They sunk one Confederate ship in a Brazilian port - built in Liverpool. The CCS Alabama was sunk off Cherburg in France by USS Kersarge. The Union sent a ship over to intercept the Erica (CSS Alabama) when it reached international waters out of the Mersey in the Irish Sea. The Alabama hid in Anglesey and slipped out via Ulster and Scotland.
South American bound ships may have gone via the Caribbean depending on the cargo destinations. They went via Lisbon and the Azores.
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