War on the Waters
Title | War on the Waters PDF eBook |
Author | James M. McPherson |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2012-09-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0807837326 |
Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. 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. McPherson recounts how the Union navy's blockade of the Confederate coast, leaky as a sieve in the war's early months, became increasingly effective as it choked off vital imports and exports. Meanwhile, the Confederate navy, dwarfed by its giant adversary, demonstrated daring and military innovation. Commerce raiders sank Union ships and drove the American merchant marine from the high seas. Southern ironclads sent several Union warships to the bottom, naval mines sank many more, and the Confederates deployed the world's first submarine to sink an enemy vessel. But in the end, it was the Union navy that won some of the war's most important strategic victories--as an essential partner to the army on the ground at Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, Mobile Bay, and Fort Fisher, and all by itself at Port Royal, Fort Henry, New Orleans, and Memphis.
A Civil War Marine at Sea
Title | A Civil War Marine at Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Miles Mason Oviatt |
Publisher | White Mane Publishing Company |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor at the Battle of Mobile Bay, Miles Oviatt of Olean, New York exemplified the courage and traditions of the United States Marine Corps from the Civil War until the present day. Like many other Northern farm boys in 1862, Oviatt volunteered to fight for the Union -- but on ship rather than on land.
A Short History of the Civil War at Sea
Title | A Short History of the Civil War at Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Spencer Tucker |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780842028684 |
In A Short History of the Civil War at Sea, Spencer C. Tucker, eminent naval and military historian, provides a concise and lively overview of the blue water Civil War, or fighting on the seas and attacks directed from the sea. This volume covers the drama of significant naval battles, like the first clash of ironclads at Hampton Roads, the Union capture of New Orleans, fierce action in the Charleston Harbor, and the Battle of Mobile Bay. A Short History of the Civil War at Sea also discusses important themes, like the technological revolution in naval warfare; the Confederate use of torpedoes, submarines, and commerce raiders; and the Union's successful strategy of blockade. The struggle at sea might not have been as bloody as the fighting on land, but it was every bit as interesting and included a colorful cast of characters, like David G. Farragut, the North's highest ranking and most accomplished naval officer, and Confederate naval officer, commerce raider, and Rebel Seadog Raphael Semmes. And the advances of naval technology during the Civil War are fascinating - from the use of new Dahlgren guns to the design and redesign of the ironclads to the extensive use of mines an
The Civil War at Sea
Title | The Civil War at Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Craig L. Symonds |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199931682 |
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. Illuminating how various aspects of the naval engagement influenced the trajectory of the war as a whole, The Civil War at Sea adds to our understanding of America's great national conflict. Both the North and the South developed and deployed hundreds of warships between 1861 and 1865. Because the Civil War coincided with a revolution in naval techonology, the development and character of warfare at sea from 1861-1865 was dramatic and unprecedented. Rather than a simple chronology of the war at sea, Symonds addresses the story of the naval war topically, from the dramatic transformation wrought by changes in technology to the establishment, management, and impact of blockade. He also offers critical assessments of principal figures in the naval war, from the opposing secretaries of the navy to leading operational commanders such as David Glasgow Farragut and Raphael Semmes. Symonds brings his expertise and knowledge of military and technological history to bear in this essential exploration of American naval engagement throughout the Civil War.
The Civil War at Sea
Title | The Civil War at Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Dale Anderson |
Publisher | Gareth Stevens |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780836855852 |
The Civil War was largely a land war, but control of trade over the seas was vital for both sides. The Union navy was out of date and unprepared at the war's beginning, and the Confederate navy was nonexistent. This book charts the rapid progress the North and South made to fight naval war that included blockades, blockade-runners, river fighting, and the coordinated work of army and navy. It also tells the story of the new kinds of ships and naval weapons developed and tested during the Civil War. Book jacket.
Sea Wolf of the Confederacy
Title | Sea Wolf of the Confederacy PDF eBook |
Author | David W. Shaw |
Publisher | Sheridan House, Inc. |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2005-09 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1574092073 |
David Shaw is the author of America's Victory and a number of other books. He lives in Maine.
The Civil War at Sea
Title | The Civil War at Sea PDF eBook |
Author | George Sullivan |
Publisher | Twenty-First Century Books |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 2001-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780761315537 |
The history of the Civil War as fought on water is brought to life with text and rare photographs.