When the Southern Lights Went Dark: The Lighthouse Establishment During the Civil War

by J Candace Clifford, Mary Louise Clifford, J. Candace Clifford

The Confederacy extinguished the lights in all the lighthouses it controlled long before any shots were fired at Fort Sumter. When the Southern Lights Went Dark: The Lighthouse Establishment During the Civil War tells the story of the men who assumed the daunting task of finding the lenses and lamps, repairing deliberate destruction to the towers and lightships, and relighting them as soon as the Navy could afford them protection. From Cape Hatteras...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149304706X
• ISBN13: 9781493047062
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.8"