The Confederate Navy
A Pictorial History
Published on 21. August 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-306-80488-5 (ISBN)
Description
This profusely illustrated volume describes one of the most amazing fleets in historythe hastily improvised Navy of the South. At the beginning of the Civil War, the Confederate navy was a modest collection of nearly anything that would floatmostly small, unmilitary vessels and a few captured Union ships; there was not one real warship in the fleet. The North had men-of-war and a large fleet of merchant ships that could be armed quickly. As a result, the North was soon able to blockade the southern coast and capture port after port. But the South fought back ingeniously, sending agents to England and France to have the finest warships built, innovating such modern weapons as the torpedo, the submarine, and the armored warshipall of which changed the nature of naval warfare. The Confederate Navy deals with the early ironclads; with the Trent case, which nearly brought England into the war; with the fighting on the Mississippi and James rivers; and with the flamboyant blockade-runners who could make USD80,000 in profits on a single voyage. It tells about the great shipsthe Alabama, the Florida , and the Shenandoah; and the great seamenSemmes, Maffit, and Bulloch, among others.
Crammed with facts, anecdotes, and exciting incidents, The Confederate Navy clarifies the complicatedand often heroicnaval operations of the Civil War.
Crammed with facts, anecdotes, and exciting incidents, The Confederate Navy clarifies the complicatedand often heroicnaval operations of the Civil War.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
413 maps and illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 271 mm
Width: 204 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-80488-5 (9780306804885)
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Content
1861 * A Nation is Born * The First Shots * Privateers * The First Confederate Raider * England and the Confederacy * War on the Potomac * The Union Navy Prepares for War * Ironclads * The Confederacys Vulnerable Coasts * The NASHVILLE Goes to Sea * The TRENT Case * The Blockade and the Blockade-Runners 1862 * The NASHVILLE Escapes * The War on Western Waters I: Forts Henry and Donelson * CSS VIRGINIA * The War of Western Waters II: The Battle for New Orleans; The Battle for Memphis * A Torpedo Sinks the USS Cairo * The Capture of the CSS TEASER * Captures and Recaptures * Confederate Raiders * The Confederate ScientistMatthew Fontaine Maury 1863 * The Naval War in Texas * The FLORIDA Escapes from Mobile * The War on Western Waters III: Final Operations on the Mississippi * The ATLANTA and the WEEHAWKEN * The War on Charleston * The ALABAMA in the South Atlantic * The Confederate Cotton Loan in Europe * The French-Built Ironclads * Confederate Efforts in the Pacific * The Capture of the CHESAPEAKE * The COMMODORE BARNEY Hits a Torpedo * The Union Navy Builds a Huge Ironclad 1864 * Civil War Submarines * The Confederate Marine Corps * The ALABAMAS Last Days * The TALLAHASSEE Raids * Action on the James River * War on the Carolina Sounds in 1864; Blowing Up the Albemarle * The Fate of French-Built Ships * Blockade-Running in 1864 * End Game 1865 * Fort Fisher * Final Operation on the James * Blowing Up the Rams * The STONEWALL Begins * The SHENANDOAH * The Last Confederate Raiders Last Voyage