num_pages: 283
description: Narrates the birth, life, and death of the academy, which was founded in 1863 in the temporal and geographical vortex of a violent war. Among other topics, describes the battles below Richmond in 1864, the young midshipmen who attended, and the guardians of the Confederate treasury in its retreat south to the Carolinas and Georgia. Includes many photographs and paintings, and quotes at length from contemporary sources. Awarded the first Nathan Bedform Forrest History Award. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Academy on the James: The Confederate Naval School
publisher: Burd Street Pr