War on the waters
Subtitle: the Union and Confederate navies, 1861-1865
By: James M. McPherson
Series: The Littlefield history of the Civil War era
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C., USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780807835883
Subjects: Confederate States of America; United States; Confederate States of America. Navy; Campaigns; Riverine operations; Naval operations; United States. Navy; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mobilizing for war; title: Establishing the blockade; title: We've got New Orleans; title: The river war in 1861-1862; title: The Confederacy strikes back; title: Nothing but disaster; title: A most signal defeat; title: Unvexed to the sea; title: Ironclads, torpedoes, and salt, 1863-1864; title: From the Red River to Cherbourg; title: Damn the torpedoes.