![The Scottish-built, 252-foot-long blockade-runner Banshee II represented the state of the art in mid-19th-century shipbuilding. Giant sidewheels drove her through the water at nearly 16 knots.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/M-Phantom-LEAD-ext-4C-Oct07-760x428.jpg)
October 2007
Military Heritage
Last of the Gray Phantoms: The Confederate Blockade Runners
By R. Thomas CampbellDespite the increasing effectiveness of the Union naval blockade, more and more steamers plied the waters between the few remaining Confederate ports and Nassau, St. Read more