Question 48 – privateers and pirates

June 11, 2011

On April 17, 1861 Jefferson Davis offered letters of marque to any southern shipowner who wished to turn privateer. By July, 1861 how many Northern ships had been seized by these privateers?

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hoosier June 11, 2011 at 12:37 pm

Twenty-four

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