Chapter twenty-two
WilmingtonWord of Joshua Denning’s daring daylight run to bring gunpowder to Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia spread through the town like a fire fanned by a westerly. Denning was a celebrity. No Rebel or British skipper had done what he did. He basked in his newfound status as the most courageous of blockade running skippers. The mayor congratulated him before hundreds of well-wishers on the steps of City Hall. Newspapermen interviewed him. Men bought him drinks in taverns. And now the young and inexperienced Charles Bishop had his story ready for The Times of London, and it was sent out on the next two runners. Both Denning and Bishop were about to make a name for themselves in Great Britain.
Denning left the dock riding a chestnut Arabian horse, a gift from the City
