Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayLibrary of Alexandria, 1921 M01 1 - 424 pages |
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... fleet outside. The fact was, however, that this so-called fleet was a mere assemblage of vessels.
... fleet outside. The fact was, however, that this so-called fleet was a mere assemblage of vessels.
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William Charles Henry Wood. that this so-called fleet was a mere assemblage of vessels quite unable to fight the Charleston batteries and without the slightest chance of saving Sumter. Having done his best for the honor of the flag ...
William Charles Henry Wood. that this so-called fleet was a mere assemblage of vessels quite unable to fight the Charleston batteries and without the slightest chance of saving Sumter. Having done his best for the honor of the flag ...
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... fleet. The Union armies along this semicircle were not only twice as numerous as the Confederates facing them but they were backed by a sea-power, both naval and mercantile, which the Confederates could not begin to challenge, much less ...
... fleet. The Union armies along this semicircle were not only twice as numerous as the Confederates facing them but they were backed by a sea-power, both naval and mercantile, which the Confederates could not begin to challenge, much less ...
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... fleet when it had the offer of ten British East Indiamen specially built for rapid conversion into men-of-war. Forty thousand bales of cotton would have bought the lot. The Mississippi record was even worse. Five conflicting authorities ...
... fleet when it had the offer of ten British East Indiamen specially built for rapid conversion into men-of-war. Forty thousand bales of cotton would have bought the lot. The Mississippi record was even worse. Five conflicting authorities ...
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... fleet. Over three hundred officers left the United States Navy for the South; but, as in the case of the Army, they were followed by very few men. The total personnel of the regular Confederate navy never exceeded four thousand at any ...
... fleet. Over three hundred officers left the United States Navy for the South; but, as in the case of the Army, they were followed by very few men. The total personnel of the regular Confederate navy never exceeded four thousand at any ...
Contents
CHAPTER III THE NAVAL WAR 1862 | |
CHAPTER IV THE RIVER WAR 1862 | |
CHAPTER V LINCOLN WAR STATESMAN | |
CHAPTER VI LEE AND JACKSON 18623 | |
CHAPTER VII GRANT WINS THE RIVER WAR 1863 | |
CHAPTER VIII GETTYSBURG 1863 | |
CHAPTER IX FARRAGUT AND THE NAVY 18634 | |
CHAPTER X GRANT ATTACKS THE FRONT 1864 | |
CHAPTER XI SHERMAN DESTROYS THE BASE 1864 | |
CHAPTER XII THE END 1865 | |
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | |
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advance Alabama arms army attack Banks battalion batteries battle Beauregard began blockade Bragg brigade Buell Bull Run campaign cavalry Centreville Charleston Chattanooga civilian Colonel command Confederate corps Culp's Hill Cumberland defeat defense enemy Farragut Federal fighting fire flank fleet flotilla Fortress Monroe fought Fredericksburg front garrison Government Grant gunboats guns Halleck hand Harper's Ferry Henry Hill Hooker hundred infantry ironclad Johnston Kearsarge knew land Lee's Lincoln Longstreet maneuvers McClellan McClernand McDowell Meanwhile Merrimac miles military Mississippi naval navy never North Northern numbers officers orders Orleans Pope Port Hudson Potomac raid rails rear reinforcements retreat Richmond river round sea-power sent Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman ships shot side soldiers South Southern Stanton Stonewall Jackson stood strategic Stuart Sumter supplies surrender Tennessee thousand took troops turned Union armies Union forces Valley vessels Vicksburg victory Washington West Virginia whole