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The Civil War on the water : favorite stories and fresh perspectives from the historians at Emerging Civil War
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"This work compiles favorite navy tales and obscure narratives by distinguished public historians of the Emerging Civil War in celebration of the organization's tenth anniversary. This eclectic col...
"This work compiles favorite navy tales and obscure narratives by distinguished public historians of the Emerging Civil War in celebration of the organization's tenth anniversary. This eclectic collection presents new stories and familiar battles from a unique perspective-from the water-sea, surf, and stream"--
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- edited by Dwight Sturtevant Hughes & Chris Mackowski
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- Emerging Civil War (Website)
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- El Dorado Hills, CA : Savas Beatie, [2023]
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- xxx, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781611216295, 161121629X, 9781611216301
- OCLC
- on1314118754
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far / Dwight Hughes -- The U. S. Naval Academy: Coming of Age for Civil War / Dwight Hughes -- Perpetual Beacons? Lighthouses & The Civil War / Sarah Kay Bierle -- The Last Slaver: Voyage of the Clotilda / Sheritta Bitikofer -- Blockade, Privateering, and the 1856 Declaration of Paris / Neil P. Chatelain -- The Leathernecks of 1861 / Christopher L. Kolakowski -- Town Between the Rivers: Cairo, Illinois / Dwight Hughes -- On Dark Nights: Blockade Runners Supplying the Confederacy / Sarah Kay Bierle -- Fighting for California Gold on the Panamá Route / Neil P. Chatelain -- Gideon Welles and Gustavus Fox: Dynamic Duo of the Deep / Dwight Hughes -- Ships vs Forts 1861: Off to the Races / Dwight Hughes -- Civil War on the OBX: 1861's Forgotten Story Gets New Attention / Chris Mackowski -- Rolling on the River: Civil War Brown-Water Navies / Dwight Hughes -- The Old Stone Fleet: A Failure and Complete / Dwight Hughes and Caroline Davis -- Sailors and Slaves in the Civil War / Dwight Hughes -- Pirates in Gray and Blue: The CSS Nashville and the Trent Affair / Dwight Hughes -- George Washington Rains & The Union Gunboats at Fort Donelson / Ted Savas -- Burnside's Sand March: The North Carolina Amphibious Expedition / Dwight Hughes -- Attrition Rates of City-Class Ironclads / Neil P. Chatelain -- View from the Ramparts: Fortress Monroe, Virginia / Dwight Hughes -- Around We Go in the Monitor Turret / Dwight Hughes -- First Battle of Ironclads: Myths, Facts, What Ifs / Dwight Hughes -- Gunboats USS Tyler and USS Lexington at Shiloh / Sean Michael Chick -- Dichotomy of Command Organization at New Orleans / Neil P. Chatelain -- The Less Famous Lees of the Navy / Caroline Davis and Dwight Hughes -- Robert Smalls and the Daring Capture of Planter / Scott L. Mingus, Sr. -- A Most Curious Battle: Memphis, Tennessee, June 6, 1862 / Dwight Hughes -- Into the Volcano with the Ironclad CSS Arkansas / Dwight Hughes -- Sailor and Artist: Robert F. Weir of the USS Richmond / Sheritta Bitikofer -- Loss of the USS Monitor / Chris Mackowski -- Civil War Primary Sources All at Sea / Dwight Hughes -- Mrs. First Mate's Retribution / Brian Swartz -- Farragut vs. Port Hudson / Sean Michael Chick -- A Perilous Voyage on the Kanawha: Jenkins Attacks Victor No. 2 / Jon-Erik Gilot -- Charles (Savez) Read and the Battle of Portland Harbor / Ryan Quint -- The Civil War Submarine in the Little Free Library / Meg Groeling -- Confederate Torpedoes Could Not Sink John Crosby for Long / Brian Swartz -- Blasting His Way into the History Books: Assessing the Role of Cdr. Hunter Davidson / John M. Coski -- "The Very Essence of Nightmare"-The Battle of Plymouth, NC, and the Destruction of the CSS Albemarle / Sam Smith -- Admiral Buchanan at Mobile Bay / John V. Quarstein -- A Most Profitable Ironclad: The Miniature Monitor That Raised Funds and Hope for the Union / Jon-Erik Gilot -- Wilmington: The Last Open Port on the Confederate Coast / Caroline Davis -- World on Fire: Confederates on the Far Side / Dwight Hughes -- Ambitions of a European-Built Confederate Navy Squadron / Neil P. Chatelain -- Having Done My Duty: Lowering the Last Rebel Banner / Dwight Hughes -- No Civil War Monuments on the Ocean / Dwight Hughes