The Blockade Runner, CSS Robert E. Lee! My hand colorized image of the original black and white photograph of the CSS Robert E Lee. The CSS Robert E. Lee, originally known as the Giraffe, was one of the most successful and legendary blockade runners of the American Civil War. Operating primarily between Bermuda and Wilmington, North Carolina, it completed 21 successful voyages in just 10 months, providing critical supplies to the Confederate Army before its capture in November 1863. This is not