Blockade runners were/are ships designed for clandestine tasks such as running the blockade- a legal ban on ship traffic which is laid down by Naval vessels ( in some cases the Coast Guard might...
The Union forces established a blockade around the Confederate states. This consisted of ships stationed outside of ports to prevent them transporting goods between the states and bringing them in...
For a Lieutenant_Commanding, in charge of a Blockade Runner, the LT-CDR pulled down about it is rumored $5000 Per Mission, but, one adds, in Confederate Money which had little exchange value even in...