Title: The USS Carondelet
Subtitle: a Civil War ironclad on western waters
Description: "The USS Carondelet had a revolutionary design and was the most active of the Union's Civil War river ironclads. From Fort Henry through the siege of Vicksburg and the Red River campaign through the Battle of Nashville, the gunboat was prominent. This history draws on the letters of Ensign Scott Dyer Jordan and Rear Adm. Henry Walke's memoirs"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Carondolet (Gunboat), Naval operations, History, Mississippi river valley, history, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, naval operations
Places: Mississippi River Valley, United States
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865