Union Jacks
Subtitle: Yankee Sailors in the Civil War (Civil War America)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780807828700
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Naval forces & warfare; Social conditions; Military - Naval; History - U.S.; United States - Civil War; Sea life; History: American; USA; Naval operations; History; United States; Military - General; 19th century; Civil War, 1861-1865; Navy; Sailors
First sentence: To understand who joined the United States Navy during the Civil War and why they did so requires a break from prevailing treatments of Yankee soldiers.