The USS Carondelet
A Civil War Ironclad on Western Waters
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2010
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4524-0 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4524-0 (ISBN)
The USS Carondelet had a ship design and was the most active of all the Union's Civil War river ironclads. From Fort Henry through the siege of Vicksburg and from the Red River campaign through the Battle of Nashville, the gunboat was prominent in war legend and literature. This title draws on the letters of Ensign Scott Dyer Jordan and Rear Adm.
The USS Carondelet had a revolutionary ship design and was the most active of all the Union's Civil War river ironclads. From Fort Henry through the siege of Vicksburg and from the Red River campaign through the Battle of Nashville, the gunboat was prominent in war legend and literature. This history draws on the letters of Ensign Scott Dyer Jordan and Rear Adm. Henry Walke's memoirs.
The USS Carondelet had a revolutionary ship design and was the most active of all the Union's Civil War river ironclads. From Fort Henry through the siege of Vicksburg and from the Red River campaign through the Battle of Nashville, the gunboat was prominent in war legend and literature. This history draws on the letters of Ensign Scott Dyer Jordan and Rear Adm. Henry Walke's memoirs.
Prolific author Myron J. Smith, Jr., is emeritus library director and professor at Tusculum University, Greeneville, Tennessee.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Foreword by W. Douglas Bell
Preface
1. Planning the Western Ironclads
2. The Building of the Carondelet and the City Series Gunboats
3. Life Aboard the Carondelet
4. Fort Henry
5. Fort Donelson
6. Island No. 10
7. Fort Pillow and Memphis
8. The Arkansas
9. Transition, January–March 1863
10. Vicksburg
11. From Vicksburg to Red River
12. Nashville
13. War’s End
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.4.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 89 photos, 8 maps, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 503 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-4524-6 / 0786445246 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-4524-0 / 9780786445240 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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