Dictionary of transports and combatant vessels, steam and sail, employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868
Subtitle: an annotated compilation containing 4,033 operational entries ...
By: compiled by Charles Dana Gibson and E. Kay Gilbson.
Contributors: Gibson, E. Kay.
Series: The Army's Navy series
Publisher: Ensign Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Camden, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: United States. Army -- Lists of vessels.; United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; Warships -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; United States. -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
Other titles: Vessel dictionary, 1861-1868
Description: This volume is the reference companion to the Gibsons' award-winning study Assault and Logistics: Union Army Coastal and River Operations, 1861 - 1866. The Dictionary is an annotated, cross-indexed work with operational notes on vessels owned, chartered, or otherwise hired by the US government during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The entries describe 1,966 steamers of river and ocean classes as well as 2,003 sailing vessels.