LEADER 06199ctm 2200733 i 4500001 ocm48552331 003 OCoLC 005 20240122153644.0 008 011207s2001 xx ab bmv 000 0 eng d 035 (Sirsi) o48552331 035 (OCoLC)48552331 040 ERE |beng |erda |cERE |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dOCLCA |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dOCL |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dERE |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us-ncn-us---e-uk--- 049 EREE 050 4 E600 |b.W47 2001 100 1 Westrick, Robert F., |eauthor. |?UNAUTHORIZED 245 14 The U.S.S. Peterhoff : |ban historical and archaeological investigation of a Civil War shipwreck / |cby Robert F. Westrick. 264 0 |c2001. 300 167 leaves : |billustrations (some folded), 1 folded map ; |c28 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 |bM.A. |cEast Carolina University |d2001 500 Presented to the faculty of the Department of History. 500 Advisor: Gordon P. Watts, Jr. 500 Advisor: Donald H. Parkerson 520 3 Civil War erupted in America in 1861. The Union began blockading southern ports to cut off supplies destined for the Confederate States of America. An international network of blockade runners soon developed to supply the southern states. Blockade running became the Confederacy's lifeline. Cargoes smuggled through the blockade were not only limited to war materials; shipments ranging from weapons and tools to jewelry and bonnets were brought from Europe via "neutral" ports in a seemingly endless stream into Confederate ports. As the war progressed, the task of slipping past the Union blockade became increasingly difficult. The majority of blockade runners eventually sank, wrecked, burned or were captured. One such vessel was the steamship Peterhoff. While allegedly attempting to run the blockade, the Peterhoff was captured by the U.S.S. Vanderbilt. An international incident arose concerning the legality of the vessel's seizure. The District Court at New York ruled that the capture of the Peterhoff was legal and condemned both cargo and vessel. The United States Navy then purchased the steamer for $80,000 and commissioned her the U.S.S. Peterhoff. The ship joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and subsequently sank while on duty off the coast of North Carolina in 1864. Three years later, in a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court reversed the lower court's decision and ruled that the Peterhoff had indeed been seized illegally. The impact of the Peterhoff case and the high court's ruling influenced the interpretation of international maritime law for generations. The wreck of the Peterhoff was discovered in 1963. Divers found the steamer to be in a remarkable state of preservation and several cannons were removed for the site. In 1975, the vessel became the first shipwreck ever to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In spite of that distinction, no site report existed and no thorough archaeological investigation had ever been conducted on the wreck of the Peterhoff. Such a study is what I sent out to accomplish. Through the Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology Program at East Carolina University, the Institute for International Maritime Research and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History's Underwater Archaeology Unit, a detailed examination of the remains of the Peterhoff was finally conducted in 1997. The project generated a great deal of important archaeological information. A detailed site plan and perspective drawing of the wreck were produced from data collected. The purpose of this thesis is to present an historical treatment and archaeological interpretation of the U.S.S. Peterhoff. 504 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-167). 610 20 Peterhoff (Steamship) |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865 |xBlockades. |=^A39330 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865 |xNaval operations. |=^A39332 650 0 Maritime law |zUnited States |vCases. |=^A1005296 650 0 Steamboats |zGreat Britain |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A15462 650 0 Underwater archaeology |zNorth Carolina. |=^A19718 650 0 Shipwrecks |zNorth Carolina. |=^A19719 650 7 Blockade. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00834524 650 7 Maritime law. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01010102 650 7 Military operations, Naval. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01710244 650 7 Shipwrecks. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01116638 650 7 Steamboats. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01132443 650 7 Underwater archaeology. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01161071 651 7 Great Britain. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204623 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 North Carolina. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204304 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 647 7 American Civil War |c(United States : |d1861-1865) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01351658 648 7 1800-1899 |2fast 655 7 Academic theses. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01726453 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Trials, litigation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423712 655 7 Academic theses. |2lcgft 655 7 Thèses et écrits académiques. |2rvmgf |0(CaQQLa)RVMGF-000001173 655 2 Academic Dissertation. |0(DNLM)D019478 |?UNAUTHORIZED 700 1 Watts, Gordon P., |cJr., |edegree supervisor. |=^A111365 700 1 Parkerson, Donald Hugh, |edegree supervisor. |=^A366439 710 2 East Carolina University. |bDepartment of History. |=^A636991 856 41 |zAccess via ScholarShip |uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/10299 949 Click on web address |wasis |hjoyner101 949 Click on web address |wasis |hhsl111 994 C0 |bERE 596 1 4 998 861408