Promotion or the bottom of the river
Subtitle: the blue and gray naval careers of Alexander F. Warley, South Carolinian
By: John M. Stickney
Series: Studies in maritime history
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781611170658
Subjects: Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Navy; Officers; United States; Confederate Naval operations; Naval History; United States. Navy; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Christmas, 1840; title: First tour : the Pacific aboard the USS Yorktown, 1840-1843; title: Second tour : three ships and the Naval Academy, 1843-1846; title: To the Pacific and war : aboard the USS Independence, 1846-1849; title: Shore duty and back to sea : the Naval Observatory, the USS Jamestown, and the USS savannah, 1849-1856; title: Back to sea and steam : USS Mississippi, 1857-1859; title: Major changes : on the verge of war, 1860; title: Onset of hostilities : on a beach near Charleston, January 1861; title: The river war : New Orleans, 1861; title: The first ironclad in combat : CSS Manassas, October 1861; title: A short night and a long morning : the Battle of New Orleans, April 1862; title: Back to South Carolina : CSS Palmetto State, August 1862; title: Two more commands : CSS Water Witch and CSS Albemarle, 1864; title: Epilogue : New Orleans, 1865-1895; title: Appendix 1: Naval ranks, positions, and titles; title: Appendix 2: The Warley family.