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Author : Alvah Folsom Hunter
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (731 download)
Download or read book A Year on a Monitor and the Destruction of Fort Sumter written by Alvah Folsom Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1972* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alvah Folsom Hunter
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Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Year on a Monitor and the Destruction of Fort Sumter written by Alvah Folsom Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of 16, Alvah F. Hunter enlisted in the Navy and was assigned to a Union Civil War monitor. He engaged in 19 sea battles, principally in the destruction of the batteries that protected Charleston, S.C., thereby closing the ports to blockade runners. In 1863, he received an honorable discharge as a "1st Class Cabin Boy." The following year, he joined the Signal Corps of the Army, where he served until the war was over. He later married and became a father and a successful businessman, although he is known to Civil War historians solely on the basis of his manuscript, A Year on a Monitor and the Destruction of Fort Sumter. The memoir is believed to have been written during the war or shortly thereafter and is virtually the only writing in print by an enlisted person during the Civil War era.
Author : Dale E. Floyd
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Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Defending America's Coasts, 1775-1950 written by Dale E. Floyd and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Garold Cole
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570033278
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (332 download)
Download or read book Civil War Eyewitnesses written by Garold Cole and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bibliographical guide to recently published Civil War diaries, journals, letters, and memoirs.
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Download or read book Prologue written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Major Alan J. Deogracias II
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782896058
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book Battle Of Hampton Roads: A Revolution In Military Affairs written by Major Alan J. Deogracias II and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the Battle of Hampton Roads, 8 and 9 March 1862, the first battle of ironclads, to determine if it was a Revolution in Military Affairs. This study is an analysis of naval developments prior to March 1862, the battle, and the impact the battle had on the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy from 1862 to 1871. The battle signaled the end of the wooden warship era when the CSS Virginia destroyed two wooden warships on 8 March 1862. The USS Monitor influenced a change in naval design, which led the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy to build turreted warships, which culminated in the launching of the first modern battleship in 1871. The transformation from sailing and steam ships with broadside armament to steam-powered turret ships led to a reduction in the size of the crews and the acceptance of engineers into the naval community. The battle led both navies to assign ironclads to their squadrons to counter ironclads of hostile nations. The battle influenced the development of tactics for fighting ironclads including ramming and coastal warfare. The Battle of Hampton Roads was a Revolution in Military Affairs and the onset of modern naval warfare.
Author : James M. McPherson
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807835889
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book War on the Waters written by James M. McPherson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book with 23 illustrations, 19 maps, notes, a bibliography and an index offers a sweeping history of the Civil War navies in action.
Author : Stephen R. Wise
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780872499850
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Gate of Hell written by Stephen R. Wise and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the details of the Battle of Morris Island during the Civil War.
Author : Michael J. Bennett
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807863246
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Union Jacks written by Michael J. Bennett and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have given a great deal of attention to the lives and experiences of Civil War soldiers, but surprisingly little is known about navy sailors who participated in the conflict. Michael J. Bennett remedies the longstanding neglect of Civil War seamen in this comprehensive assessment of the experience of common Union sailors from 1861 to 1865. 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. They tended to be a rougher bunch of men than the regular soldiers, drinking and fighting excessively. Those who were not foreign-born, escaped slaves, or unemployed at the time they enlisted often hailed from the urban working class rather than from rural farms and towns. In addition, most sailors enlisted for pragmatic rather than ideological reasons. Bennett's examination provides a look into the everyday lives of sailors and illuminates where they came from, why they enlisted, and how their origins shaped their service. By showing how these Union sailors lived and fought on the sea, Bennett brings an important new perspective to our understanding of the Civil War.
Author : Barbara Tomblin
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813173485
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Bluejackets and Contrabands written by Barbara Tomblin and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009-10-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the lesser known stories of the Civil War is the role played by escaped slaves in the Union blockade along the Atlantic coast. From the beginning of the war, many African American refugees sought avenues of escape to the North. Due to their sheer numbers, those who reached Union forces presented a problem for the military. The problem was partially resolved by the First Confiscation Act of 1861, which permitted the seizure of property used in support of the South’s war effort, including slaves. Eventually regarded as contraband of war, the runaways became known as contrabands. In Bluejackets and Contrabands, Barbara Brooks Tomblin examines the relationship between the Union Navy and the contrabands. The navy established colonies for the former slaves and, in return, some contrabands served as crewmen on navy ships and gunboats and as river pilots, spies, and guides. Tomblin presents a rare picture of the contrabands and casts light on the vital contributions of African Americans to the Union Navy and the Union cause.
Author : Howard J. Fuller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134200455
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Empire, Technology and Seapower written by Howard J. Fuller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines British naval diplomacy from the end of the Crimean War to the American Civil War, showing how the mid-Victorian Royal Navy suffered serious challenges during the period. Many recent works have attempted to depict the mid-Victorian Royal Navy as all-powerful, innovative, and even self-assured. In contrast, this work argues that it suffered serious challenges in the form of expanding imperial commitments, national security concerns, precarious diplomatic relations with European Powers and the United States, and technological advancements associated with the armoured warship at the height of the so-called 'Pax Britannica'. Utilising a wealth of international archival sources, this volume explores the introduction of the monitor form of ironclad during the American Civil War, which deliberately forfeited long-range power-projection for local, coastal command of the sea. It looks at the ways in which the Royal Navy responded to this new technology and uses a wealth of international primary and secondary sources to ascertain how decision-making at Whitehall affected that at Westminster. The result is a better-balanced understanding of Palmerstonian diplomacy from the end of the Crimean War to the American Civil War, the early evolution of the modern capital ship (including the catastrophic loss of the experimental sail-and-turret ironclad H.M.S. Captain), naval power-projection, and the nature of 'empire', 'technology', and 'seapower'. This book will be of great interest to all students of the Royal Navy, and of maritime and strategic studies in general.
Author : David L. Conlin
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Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book USS Housatonic Site Assessment written by David L. Conlin and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terry L. Jones
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810866110
Total Pages : 1773 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Civil War written by Terry L. Jones and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2002-07-22 with total page 1773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert in world conflicts, Jones brings the sounds and sights of battle to life, detailing each charge, the evolution of battle tactics, and the importance of diplomacy for both sides. In these two volumes Terry Jones provides impressively clear coverage of the underlying economic causes, the progressively divisive political developments, the outbreak of the war itself, and, finally, the military campaigns year-by-year and battle-by-battle. He clarifies complex issues as he explains the various factions, their interests, and their hidden agendas. Entries cover: o Military and political leaders o Names, places, and events o Individual battles o Diplomatic encounters o Statistics on numbers of combatants o Armaments and weaponry o Imprisonment o Casualties from both war and disease From the hopelessly impotent Congressional votes to the spilling of blood on the battlefield, Jones makes this period of American history compelling reading. Extensively cross-referenced; includes a substantial bibliography; illustrated with maps and photos.
Author : David Smithweck
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467149748
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book USS Tecumseh in Mobile Bay, The: The Sinking of a Civil War Ironclad written by David Smithweck and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1861, Lincoln declared a blockade on Southern ports. It was only a matter of time before the Union navy would pay a visit to the bustling Confederate harbor in Mobile Bay. Engineers built elaborate obstructions and batteries, and three rows of torpedoes were laid from Fort Morgan to Fort Gaines. Then, in August 1864, the inevitable came. A navy fleet of fourteen wooden ships lashed two by two and four iron monitors entered the lower bay, with the USS Tecumseh in the lead. A torpedo, poised to strike for two years, found the Tecumseh and sank it in minutes, taking ninety-three crewmen with it. Join author David Smithweck on an exploration of the ironclad that still lies upside down at the bottom of Mobile Bay.
Author : Barbara B Tomblin
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682471195
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)
Download or read book Life in Jefferson Davis' Navy written by Barbara B Tomblin and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War is often considered a "soldiers' war," but Life in Jefferson Davis' Navy acknowledges the legacy of service of the officers and sailors of the Confederate States Navy. In this full-length study, Barbara Brooks Tomblin addresses every aspect of a Confederate seaman's life, from the risks of combat to the everyday routines which sustained those sailing for the stars and bars. Drawing upon diaries, letters, newspaper accounts, and published works, Tomblin offers a fresh look at the wartime experiences of the officers and men in the Confederate Navy, including those who served on gunboats, ironclads, and ships on western rivers and along the coast and at Mobile Bay, as well as those who sailed on the high seas aboard the Confederate raiders Sumter, Alabama, Florida, and Shenandoah. The author also explores the daily lives, deprivations, and sufferings of the sailors who were captured and spent time in Union prisoner of war camps at Point Lookout, Elmira, Camp Chase, Johnson's Island, Ship Island, and Fort Delaware. Confederate prisoners' journals and letters give an intimate account of their struggle, helping modern audiences understand the ordeals of the defeated in the Civil War.
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Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Civil War Times Illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Messenger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135959773
Total Pages : 2817 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Reader's Guide to Military History written by Charles Messenger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 2817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains some 600 entries on a range of topics from ancient Chinese warfare to late 20th-century intervention operations. Designed for a wide variety of users, it encompasses general reviews of aspects of military organization and science, as well as specific wars and conflicts. The book examines naval and air warfare, as well as significant individuals, including commanders, theorists, and war leaders. Each entry includes a listing of additional publications on the topic, accompanied by an article discussing these publications with reference to their particular emphases, strengths, and limitations.
