The CSS Virginia
Subtitle: sink before surrender
By: John V. Quarstein
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charleston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9781609495800
Subjects: United States; Merrimack (Frigate); Confederate States of America. Navy; United States. Navy; Confederate States of America; Monitor (Ironclad); Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862; Virginia (Ironclad); Naval operations; Armored vessels; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: "A magnificent specimen of naval architecture"; title: Flashpoint : Gosport; title: Iron against wood; title: The Virginia; title: The race for Hampton Roads; title: Like a huge half-submerged crocodile; title: Aftermath; title: Enter the Monitor; title: Mistress of the roads; title: Equal to five thousand men; title: Fire a gun to windward; title: Loss and redemption; title: I fought in Hampton Roads; title: Appendix A. You say Merrimack, I say Virginia; title: Appendix B. CSS Virginia designers; title: Appendix C. The commanders; title: Appendix D. CSS Virginia officers' assignment dates; title: Appendix E. Confederate navy volunteers aboard the CSS Virginia; title: Appendix F. Confederate marines aboard the CSS Virginia; title: Appendix G. Confederate army volunteers aboard the CSS Virginia by unit designation; title: Appendix H. CSS Virginia casualties, 8 March 1862; title: Appendix I. CSS Virginia personnel paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, and Greensboro, North Carolina; title: Appendix J. CSS Virginia officer assignments, 8 March 1862; title: Appendix K. CSS Virginia dimensions and statistics; title: Appendix l. The crew of the CSS Virginia; title: Appendix M. Chronology of the CSS Virginia.