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eaders holding the moonlight-and-magnolia vision of blockade running during the Civil War as the patriotic actions of intrepid sea dogs selflessly smuggling critical war materials into Southern ports had best read Charles D. Ross’ deeply researched and energetically written monograph to get the story straight. During its heyday, blockade running was a systematic