Author: John C. ReillyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Iron Guns of Willard Park
Author: John C. ReillyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Iron Guns of Willard Park
Author: John C. ReillyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval gunnery
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
The Washington Navy Yard
Author: Edward J. MaroldaPublisher: Defense Department
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Public Buildings, Landmarks and Historic Sites of the United States
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Naval Engineers Journal
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1316
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
James D. Bulloch
Author: Walter E. WilsonPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488883
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
American naval hero and Confederate secret agent James Dunwoody Bulloch was widely considered the Confederacy's most dangerous man in Europe. As head of the South's covert shipbuilding and logistics program overseas during the American Civil War, Bulloch acquired a staggering 49 warships, blockade runners, and tenders; built "invulnerable" ocean-going ironclads; sustained Confederate logistics; financed covert operations; and acted as the mastermind behind the destruction of 130 Union ships. Ironically, this man who conspired to destroy the Union and kidnap its president later stood as the favorite uncle and mentor to Theodore Roosevelt. Bulloch's astonishing life unfolds in this first-ever biography.
The Forgotten Trail to Appomattox
Author: Randy DenmonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493033522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Of the forty-five Civil War Battles that the National Park Service lists as “Decisive,” only about half have been preserved by the Park Service. The Federal Government’s preservation efforts have made tiny, out-of-the-way places that shouldn’t be known outside the county in which they are located into sacred names in the American psyche: Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Petersburg, Manassas, Antietam, Spotsylvania, and Shiloh. Many of the other battles, no less important, weren’t so lucky in the allotment of federal dollars. Some of these other battlefields have been lost to time or neglect or urbanization, but just as many have been preserved by states, local governments, or preservation organizations. These are the battlefields, along with other landmarks, that Randy Denmon explores in The Forgotten Trail to Appomattox. It is part military history, part travelogue, and part personal insight, in the spirt of Bill Bryson’s books, such as A Walk in the Woods: it is both informative and entertaining.
Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy
Author: Gary D. JoinerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742550988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Union inland navy that became the Mississippi Squadron is one of the greatest, yet least studied aspects of the Civil War. Without it, however, the war in the West may not have been won, and the war in the East might have lasted much longer and perhaps ended differently. The men who formed and commanded this large fighting force have, with few exceptions, not been as thoroughly studied as their army counterparts. The vessels they created were highly specialized craft which operated in the narrow confines of the Western rivers in places that could not otherwise receive fire support. Ironclads and gunboats protected army forces and convoyed much needed supplies to far-flung Federal forces. They patrolled thousands of miles of rivers and fought battles that were every bit as harrowing as land engagements yet inside iron monsters that created stifling heat with little ventilation. This book is about the intrepid men who fought under these conditions and the highly improvised boats in which they fought. The tactics their commanders developed were the basis for many later naval operations. Of equal importance were lessons learned about what not to do. The flag officers and admirals of the Mississippi Squadron wrote the rules for modern riverine warfare.