Vicksburg

Vicksburg PDF Author: Donald L. Miller
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1451641370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description

In this “elegant…enlightening…well-researched and well-told” (Publishers Weekly) work, Donald L. Miller tells the full story of this year-long campaign to win the city “with probing intelligence and irresistible passion” ...


War on the Waters

War on the Waters PDF Author: James M. McPherson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807837326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description

In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the war's naval campaigns and their military leaders.


The Civil War at Sea

The Civil War at Sea PDF Author: Craig L. Symonds
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199931682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description

Continuing in the vein of the Lincoln-prize winning Lincoln and His Admirals, acclaimed naval historian Craig L. Symonds presents an operational history of the Civil War navies - both Union and Confederate - in this concise volume.


Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags PDF Author: William M Fowler
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612511961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description

Neither ponderous nor hagiographic, the work presents characters and events that have been previously neglected and offers candid assessments of officers, men, and material.


Civil War Ironclads

Civil War Ironclads PDF Author: William H. Roberts
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801887512
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description

In Civil War Ironclads, the first comprehensive study of one of the most ambitious programs in the history of naval shipbuilding, William H. Roberts explores the enormous task of constructing the U.S. Navy's new fleet of ironclads.


Clad in Iron

Clad in Iron PDF Author: Howard J. Fuller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313345910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description

This work addresses many persistent misconceptions of what the monitors were for, and why they failed in other roles associated with naval operations of the Civil War (such as the repulse at Charleston, April 7, 1863).


A History of the Confederate Navy

A History of the Confederate Navy PDF Author: Raimondo Luraghi
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description

Pushing aside the long-held belief that the answers went up in flames when the Confederate Navy archives were torched during the evacuation of Richmond, Luraghi combed fifty archives in four countries and uncovered information that ...


Union Jacks

Union Jacks PDF Author: Michael J. Bennett
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807863246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description

To resurrect the voices of the "Union Jacks," Bennett combed sailors' diaries, letters, and journals. He finds that the sailors differed from their counterparts in the army in many ways.


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