Success Is All That Was Expected
Subtitle: The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil War
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: July 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 495
ISBN-13: 9781574887051
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; Naval forces & warfare; c 1800 to c 1900; United States - Civil War; Military; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; Military - Naval; Military - United States
First sentence: A week after the first shots fell on Fort Sumter and amid the confusion in the nation's capital, President Abraham Lincoln declared his intention to blockade the southern states.