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RECOLLECTIONS OF A CONFEDERATE GENERAL BY JUBAL DE BROOKE
Liverpool and East Lancashire, England, October, 1863.
“Welcome to Liverpool.” Sarah McConville appeared at my side near the quarterdeck guardrail as the Owl nudged towards the Albert Dock.
The blockade runner’s arrival had created something of a stir on the waterfront. Though no mariner, I knew she was strikingly different to the other vessels thronging the Mersey. No sails to help her steam engine, just a sleek hull with two big paddle wheels and three slim smokestacks. As her name suggested, the Owl was built for speed and stealth, which had enabled her to pass unnoticed through the cordon of Federal warships blockading Charleston harbour. The rest of the voyage had passed in the same uneventful vein.
“Which church is that
