Title: Dictionary of transports and combatant vessels, steam and sail, employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868
First published: 1995
Description: This volume is the reference companion to the Gibsons' award-winning study Assault and Logistics: Union Army Coastal and River Operations, 1861 - 1866. The Dictionary is an annotated, cross-indexed work with operational notes on vessels owned, chartered, or otherwise hired by the US government during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The entries describe 1,966 steamers of river and ocean classes as well as 2,003 sailing vessels.
Subjects: History, Lists of vessels, Naval operations, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army, Warships
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: VA61 .G53 1995