Title: Sea hawk of the Confederacy
First published: September 1999
Description: "In 1861, as the flames of war were being fanned throughout the nation, a young midshipman resigned from the United States Navy and made his way south to Montgomery, Alabama. There, he offered his services to the new Confederate States of America. Charles W. Read, in the next four years, compiled a record of ingenuity and daring unsurpassed in the annals of American naval history."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Biography, Confederate Naval operations, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Navy, History, Officers, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations
Places: United States
People: Charles William Read (1840-1890)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E467.1.R27 C36 2000