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Author : Kevin Dougherty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781435145924
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Ships of the Civil War, 1861-1865 written by Kevin Dougherty and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kevin Dougherty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909160675
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Ships of the Civil War 1861-1865 written by Kevin Dougherty and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil war may be mainly remembered for its infamous land battles, such as Gettsyburg, Manassas, and Shiloh, but its naval engagements announced a new kind of naval warfare, with the first-time use of ironclads, submarines, and torpedoes, and the introduction of newer and more powerful naval artillery. The conflict saw the use of paddle-driven river boats, steam warships, ram ships, sloops, cruisers, and the development of new ironclad ships such as low-lying monitors. Arranged by type of ship, Ships of the Civil War provides concise coverage of some of the most famous warships of the era, including: the seminal duel between the ironclads CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor, the Confederate raider Alabama's demise off the USS Kearsage; and one of the first successful actions by a submarine, when CSS Hunley exploded a mine beneath the Federal gunboat USS Housatonic. The book also includes blockade runners, such as A.D. Vance and Hope; raiders, such as CSS Sumter and USS Quaker City; and cruisers, like the CSS Tallahassee, which spectacularly raided northern waters, destroying dozens of Federal merchantmen in the process. Filled with colorful artworks, expertly written background, and useful specifications of more than 120 fighting ships of the era, Ships of the Civil War is a handy guide to an often ignored aspect of the great struggle between North and South.
Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1140 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Civil War Naval Chronology, 1861-1865 written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald L. Canney
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764348242
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (482 download)
Download or read book The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865 written by Donald L. Canney and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length study devoted to the vessels of the Confederate Navy, including all types used during the conflict: ironclads (both domestic and foreign-built), commerce raiders, blockade runners, riverine and ocean-going gunboats, torpedo and submersible vessels, and floating batteries. The book emphasizes the development, construction, and design of these vessels using, where available, original plans, photographs, and contemporary descriptions. The author describes these vessels in context with wartime conditions as well as with the transitional naval technology of the era. Over 100 vessels are detailed, including more than 30 ironclads, both American and foreign built. Over 150 illustrations are included, many of which have not previously been published. Also included is a section on steam engine technology of the era.
Author : James M. McPherson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807837326
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book War on the Waters written by James M. McPherson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Craig L. Symonds
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199931682
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book The Civil War at Sea written by Craig L. Symonds and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : United States Navy Department. Naval Operations Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Civil War Chronology, 1861-1865 written by United States Navy Department. Naval Operations Office and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781841763071
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Confederate Ironclad 1861–65 written by Angus Konstam and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2001-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creation of a Confederate ironclad fleet was a miracle of ingenuity, improvisation and logistics. Surrounded by a superior enemy fleet, Confederate designers adapted existing vessels or created new ones from the keel up with the sole purpose of breaking the naval stranglehold on the nascent country. Her ironclads were build in remote cornfields, on small inland rivers or in naval yards within sight of the enemy. The result was an unorthodox but remarkable collection of vessels, which were able to contest the rivers and coastal waters of the South for five years. This title explains how these vessels worked, how they were constructed, how they were manned and how they fought.
Author : Saxon Bisbee
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817319867
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Engines of Rebellion written by Saxon Bisbee and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of steam propulsion machinery in warships during the nineteenth century, in conjunction with iron armor and shell guns, resulted in a technological revolution in the world's navies. Warships utilizing all of these technologies were built in France and Great Britain in the 1850s, but it was during the American Civil War that large numbers of ironclads powered solely by steam proved themselves to be quite capable warships. This book focuses on Confederate ironclads with American built machinery, offering a detailed look at marine steam-engineering practices in both northern and southern industry prior to and during the Civil War. It gives a contextual naval history of the Civil War, the creation of the ironclad program, and the advent of various technologies. The author analyzes the armored warships built by the Confederate States of America that represented a style adapted to scarce industrial resources and facilities.
Author : Tony Gibbons
Publisher : Popular Culture Ink
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Warships and Naval Battles of the Civil War written by Tony Gibbons and published by Popular Culture Ink. This book was released on 1989 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After thirty years of research, this book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive study of the battleships and cruisers of the conflict. It looks at the ironclads of the North and South, the Union sloops and gunboats that blockaded the Confederacy, and Confederate raiders and privateers who destroyed the Union's merchant marine. An in-depth examination is made of the secret weapon that could have tipped the scales for the South -- the submarine."--Jacket
Author : Paul H. Silverstone
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Warships of the Civil War Navies written by Paul H. Silverstone and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (716 download)
Download or read book Civil War Naval Chronology, 1861-1865 written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (716 download)
Download or read book Civil War Naval Chronology, 1861-1865 written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472800613
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861–65 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on the Mississippi River and in the first few months both sides scrambled to gather a flotilla, converting existing riverboats for naval use. These ships were transformed into powerful naval weapons despite a lack of resources, trained manpower and suitable vessels. The creation of a river fleet was a miracle of ingenuity, improvisation and logistics, particularly for the South. This title describes their design, development and operation throughout the American Civil War.
Author : United States. Navy Department Office of the chief of naval operations. Naval history division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (186 download)
Download or read book Civil War Naval Chronology 1861-1865 written by United States. Navy Department Office of the chief of naval operations. Naval history division and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Ford Rhodes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 written by James Ford Rhodes and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William N. Still
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Confederate Navy written by William N. Still and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide to the Confederate Navy, covers the ships and men, the organization and facilities, the strategy and tactics, and compiles the operations, including those on the Western rivers.
