The USS Carondelet
Subtitle: a Civil War ironclad on western waters
By: Myron J. Smith, Jr. ; foreword by W. Douglas Bell.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786445240
Subjects: Carondolet (Gunboat); Mississippi River Valley -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations
Description: "The USS Carondelet had a revolutionary design and was the most active of the Union's Civil War river ironclads. From Fort Henry through the siege of Vicksburg and the Red River campaign through the Battle of Nashville, the gunboat was prominent. This history draws on the letters of Ensign Scott Dyer Jordan and Rear Adm. Henry Walke's memoirs"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Planning the western ironclads; title: The building of the Carondelet and the City series gunboats; title: Life aboard the Carondelet; title: Fort Henry; title: Fort Donelson; title: Island No. 10; title: Fort Pillow and Memphis; title: The Arkansas; title: Transition, January-March 1863; title: Vicksburg; title: From Vicksburg to Red River; title: Nashville; title: War's end.