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The Southern journey of a Civil War marine : the illustrated note-book of Henry O. Gusley
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Information about the inner workings and day-to-day life aboard U.S. Naval vessels patrolling the Gulf of Mexico and the major river systems of the Trans-Mississippi.
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- Creator
- edited and annotated by Edward T. Cotham, Jr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- First edition
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006
- Physical Details
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- x, 213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 0292712839, 9780292712836
- OCLC
- ocm61859732
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-206) and index.
- Galveston Tri-Weekly News introduction to the Note-Book -- 1. The Battle below New Orleans -- 2. Ship Island, the Pearl River, and Lake Pontchartrain -- 3. Pensacola -- 4. New Orleans -- 5. The Mississippi River -- 6. Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, and Donaldsonville -- 7. The Return to Pensacola and Ship Island -- 8. The Capture of Galveston -- 9. Matagorda Bay -- 10. The Battle of Galveston -- 11. The Capture of U.S.S. Hatteras -- 12. A New Commander -- 13. Mississippi Sound -- 14. The Swamps of Louisiana -- 15. Butte a la Rose -- 16. Mobile Bay -- 17. The Return to the Teche Country -- 18. The Battle of Sabine Pass -- 19. Letters from Prison
Subjects
- Gusley, Henry O., 1837-1884 -- Diaries.
- United States. Marine Corps -- Biography.
- United States. Marine Corps -- Military life -- History -- 19th century.
- Seafaring life -- Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
- Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
- Gulf States -- History, Military -- 19th century.
- Mexico, Gulf of -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
- Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- Description and travel.