Author: Raphael SemmesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter
The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter
Author: Raphael SemmesPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter" (From the Private Journals and Other Papers of Commander R. Semmes, C.S.N., and Other Officers) by Raphael Semmes. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Alabama and the Kearsarge
Author: William MarvelPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807866903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
On June 19, 1864, the Confederate cruiser Alabama and the USS Kearsarge faced off in the English Channel outside the French port of Cherbourg. About an hour after the Alabama fired the first shot, it began to sink, and its crew was forced to wave the white flag of surrender. Working with personal papers and diaries and contemporary reports, historian William Marvel interweaves the stories of these two celebrated Civil War warships, from their construction to their climactic encounter off Cherbourg. Just as importantly, he illuminates the day-to-day experiences of their crews. From cabin boys to officers, sailors have been one of the most ignored groups of the Civil War. The sailors' lot was one of constant discomfort and monotony, interspersed with riotous frolics ashore and, occasionally, a few minutes of intense excitement and danger. Housed in damp, crowded quarters, their wartime mortality rate did not reach that of their army counterparts, but service-connected diseases shortened their postwar lives disproportionately. Most of the crewmen ended their lives in nameless obscurity, and their story has remained unwritten until now.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
Author: United States. Naval War Records OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
House documents
Author: All Hands
Author: Naval Aviation News
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
United States Naval Institute Proceedings
Author: United States Naval InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 3550
Book Description
Diary of a Contraband
Author: William Benjamin GouldPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804747080
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The heart of this book is the remarkable Civil War diary of the author’s great-grandfather, William Benjamin Gould, an escaped slave who served in the United States Navy from 1862 until the end of the war. The diary vividly records Gould’s activity as part of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia; his visits to New York and Boston; the pursuit to Nova Scotia of a hijacked Confederate cruiser; and service in European waters pursuing Confederate ships constructed in Great Britain and France. Gould’s diary is one of only three known diaries of African American sailors in the Civil War. It is distinguished not only by its details and eloquent tone (often deliberately understated and sardonic), but also by its reflections on war, on race, on race relations in the Navy, and on what African Americans might expect after the war. The book includes introductory chapters that establish the context of the diary narrative, an annotated version of the diary, a brief account of Gould’s life in Massachusetts after the war, and William B. Gould IV’s thoughts about the legacy of his great-grandfather and his own journey of discovery in learning about this remarkable man.
Naval Militia Cruises, 1916
Author: United States. Division of Naval Militia AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description