A Year on a Monitor and the Destruction of Fort Sumter (Paperback, New edition)

This memoir begins with the sixteen-year-old Hunter's plaintive efforts to enlist in the Navy. At a time when the Union was about to announce its first conscription, young Hunter is told the Navy has no need for him. But he perseveres and is 'rewarded' by an appointment to the monitor Nahant as a wardroom boy. Hunter thus becomes an intelligent and articulate observer at the very bottom of the Navy's pecking order. As a novice to naval life, Hunter takes pains to describe in detail the day-to-day aspects of working and living on an ironclad monitor--a type of vessel whose life span was very short. The accuracy of his memory is assured by the fact that he compiled his narrative from a diary that he kept during the war.--Craig L. Symonds, History Professor, U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.

General

Imprint:	University of South Carolina Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Classics in maritime history
Release date:	July 1991
First published:	December 1991
Authors:	Alvah F. Hunter • Craig L Symonds
Dimensions:	229 x 159 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	203
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-87249-761-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Naval forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-87249-761-5
Barcode:	9780872497610

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