A special kind of history...I think.
I assume the author is a Yankee but I could be wrong.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Toxa5loRNhkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Damn+Slavers!:+A+History+of+the+Sea,+Lake,+and+River+Battles+of+the+Civil+Wa&hl=en&sa=X&ei=obPZUebPEKnkyQHk7oH4BA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Damn%20Slavers!%3A%20A%20History%20of%20the%20Sea%2C%20Lake%2C%20and%20River%20Battles%20of%20the%20Civil%20Wa&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=Toxa5loRNhkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Damn+Slavers!:+A+History+of+the+Sea,+Lake,+and+River+Battles+of+the+Civil+Wa&hl=en&sa=X&ei=obPZUebPEKnkyQHk7oH4BA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Damn%20Slavers!%3A%20A%20History%20of%20the%20Sea%2C%20Lake%2C%20and%20River%20Battles%20of%20the%20Civil%20Wa&f=false