Invasion and conquest of North Carolina
Subtitle: anatomy of a gunboat war
By: by John W. Hinds.
Publisher: Burd Street Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Shippensburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Gunboats -- History -- 19th century.; North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.; North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Description: From the moment Southern-born Naval Academy graduate Lieutenant Charles Williamson Flusser stepped aboard his first command, the USS Commodore Perry became an extension of the fire in his belly to carry the Civil War to his fellow Southern-born shipmates serving in the Confederate States Navy. Flusser fought his ship with distinction during the battles of Roanoke Island and Elizabeth City, North Carolina and soon gained grudging admiration among the citizenry for navigating his 700-ton, former Staten Island ferry boat where no steamer had gone before. Some claimed he operated his "double ender" gunboat on "a wet sponge or a heavy dew."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-287) and index.
Maps on lining papers.