Author: United States. Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VaPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Regulations of the U.S. Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va
Author: United States. Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VaPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Lincoln Takes Command
Author: Steve NorderPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1611214580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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A detailed history of one week during the Civil War in which the American president assumed control of the nation’s military. One rainy evening in May, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln boarded the revenue cutter Miami and sailed to Fort Monroe in Hampton Roads, Virginia. There, for the first and only time in our country’s history, a sitting president assumed direct control of armed forces to launch a military campaign. In Lincoln Takes Command, author Steve Norderdetails this exciting, little-known week in Civil War history. Lincoln recognized the strategic possibilities offered by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s ongoing Peninsula Campaign and the importance of seizing Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the Gosport Navy Yard. For five days, the president spent time on sea and land, studied maps, spoke with military leaders, suggested actions, and issued direct orders to subordinate commanders. He helped set in motion many events, including the naval bombardment of a Confederate fort, the sailing of Union ships up the James River toward the enemy capital, an amphibious landing of Union soldiers followed by an overland march that expedited the capture of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the navy yard, and the destruction of the Rebel ironclad CSS Virginia. The president returned to Washington in triumph, with some urging him to assume direct command of the nation’s field armies. The week discussed in Lincoln Takes Command has never been as heavily researched or told in such fine detail. The successes that crowned Lincoln’s short time in Hampton Roads offered him a better understanding of, and more confidence in, his ability to see what needed to be accomplished. This insight helped sustain him through the rest of the war.
Channel from Hampton Roads to Norfolk Navy-Yard. Letter from the Secretary of War, Inclosing a Letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, United States Army, Together with a Report Relative to the Cost of Broadening and Depending a Channel to a Width of 150 Yards and to a Depth of 28 Feet, from Hampton Roads to the United States Navy-Yard at Norfolk, Va., and Also for Improving the Western Branch of Elizabeth River. March 31, 1896
Author: Navy-yard at Norfolk, VA.
Author: United States. Department of the TreasuryPublisher:
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Category : Navy-yards and naval stations
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Norfolk, Virginia ...
Author: Norfolk (Va.). Industrial CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Norfolk (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Launching Aircraft Carrier Tarawa
Author: Norfolk Navy Yard (U.S.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Norfolk, Va., "The Sunrise City by the Sea".
Author: Norfolk (Va.). Industrial Commission. Board of commercial and industrial interestsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Christening Aircraft Carrier Lake Champlain
Author: Norfolk Navy Yard (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Norfolk's Waters
Author: William L. TazewellPublisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Manual of the Commander, Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia, and SOPA (Administrative) Hampton Roads Area
Author: Naval Base Norfolk (Va.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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