Year on a Monitor and the Destruction of Fort Sumter (Classics in Maritime History)
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: December 12, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780872497610
Subjects: American history; Maritime history; Naval forces & warfare; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; World history: from c 1900 -; United States - Civil War; Military - General; Naval History - Modern; History - Military / War; United States; History: American; USA; Nahant (Ship); History / Military / General; History : United States - Civil War; Naval operations; History; Biography; Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.); Hunter, Alvah Folsom; Sailors
First sentence: "NO!" SAID THE GRIZZLED OLD COMMODORE IN CHARGE OF the naval recruiting office in North Square, Boston, before whose desk I was standing.