A History of the Confederate Navy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Confederate Navy write by Raimondo Luraghi. This book was released on 1996. A History of the Confederate Navy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pushing aside the long-held belief that the answers went up in flames when the Confederate Navy archives were torched during the evacuation of Richmond, Luraghi combed fifty archives in four countries and uncovered information that shattered prevailing myths about that service's contributions.
History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel
History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel write by John Thomas Scharf. This book was released on 1887. History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
War on the Waters
War on the Waters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook War on the Waters write by James M. McPherson. This book was released on 2012-09-17. War on the Waters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Four Years in the Confederate Navy
Four Years in the Confederate Navy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Four Years in the Confederate Navy write by William Stanley Hoole. This book was released on 2012-02-01. Four Years in the Confederate Navy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. John Low came to America from England in 1856 at the suggestion of his uncle, Andrew Low, a prosperous Savannah- Liverpool businessman. Just as he established himself in nautical businesses in Savannah the Civil War broke out. Low was ordered to England to help in the undercover task of buying, building, and convoying warships to the South. William Stanley Hoole traces Low's adventures in the service of the Confederacy. Low aided in the acquisition and delivery of the ironclad Fingal and the Florida. He served with Admiral Semmes aboard the famed raider Alabama and was involved in the capture, commissioning, voyage, and detention of the Tuscaloosa. His final task was to deliver the Ajax in the last days of the war.
The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865
The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865 write by Donald L. Canney. This book was released on 2015. The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
