Title: Life in Mr. Lincoln's navy
First published: 1998
Description: Every aspect of the common sailor's life in the Union navy - such as recruiting, clothing, training, shipboard routine, entertainment, wages, diet, health, and combat experience - is addressed in this study, the first to examine the subject in such detail. The wealth of new facts provided here offers a fresh look at nineteenth-century social history, including such issues as racial integration in the military.

As he examines daily life in the Union navy, Dennis Ringle also calls attention to the enlisted sailor's enormous but often overlooked contributions to the development of the U.S. Navy as it moved from wood and sail to steam and iron.
Subjects: Social aspects, Recruiting, enlistment, United States, Sea life, Naval operations, United States. Navy, History, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, naval operations, United states, navy, history, Military Personnel, Military Hospitals, History, 19th Century, American Civil War
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: V736 .R55 1998