Title: The Coast Guard expands, 1865-1915
First published: 1996
Description: This book is the third in a series that, upon completion, will cover the history of the U.S. Coast Guard and its forerunners. The first and second books, George Washington's Coast Guard and The Coast Guard under Sail, offer complete accounts of the Coast Guard from 1790 to the end of the Civil War. This one picks up the story in 1865 and carries the history of the Revenue Cutter Service forward to 1915, when Congress united it with the U.S. Life-Saving Service to create the U.S. Coast Guard.
Subjects: History, United States, United States. Coast Guard, United States. Life-Saving Service, United States. Revenue-Cutter Service, USA, Geschichte, Coast Guard, United states, coast guard
LC classification: HJ6645 .K489 1996