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By Sea And By River (Paperback, Revised)
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By Sea And By River (Paperback, Revised)
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List price R587
Loot Price R514
Discovery Miles 5 140
You Save R73 (12%)
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Less bloody and less known than the land campaigns of the Civil
War, the naval battles,and especially the naval blockade of the
South,were crucial factors in the outcome of the war. The
spectacular battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack marked the
debut of ironclads, a revolution in naval warfare. Ships supported
McClellan's Peninsula Campaign and Grant's conquest of the
Mississippi Valley. The raiding of the Confederate cruisers Sumter,
Florida, and Alabama, Farragut's capture of the forts in Mobile
Bay, and the interception of foreign ships on their way to trade
with the South all led to the North's eventual triumph. Bern
Anderson, a retired admiral, provides sketches of many of the
leading characters in the action: Gideon Welles, David Farragut,
Stephen Mallory, Andrew Foote, and the Confederate commander
Raphael Semmes. Anderson delineates the new kind of war being born
in the rivers and oceans of the U.S. during these years, in this
first effective joint action by military and naval forces in
American history.
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