Author : Raimondo Luraghi
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 46,95 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN :
Pushing aside the long-held belief that the answers went up in flames when the Confederate Navy archives were torched during the evacuation of Richmond, Luraghi combed fifty archives in four countries and uncovered information that shattered prevailing myths about that service's contributions.
Author : John Thomas Scharf
Publisher :
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 14,37 MB
Release : 1887
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : William Stanley Hoole
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 12,14 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0820339385
John Low came to America from England in 1856 at the suggestion of his uncle, Andrew Low, a prosperous Savannah- Liverpool businessman. Just as he established himself in nautical businesses in Savannah the Civil War broke out. Low was ordered to England to help in the undercover task of buying, building, and convoying warships to the South. William Stanley Hoole traces Low's adventures in the service of the Confederacy. Low aided in the acquisition and delivery of the ironclad Fingal and the Florida. He served with Admiral Semmes aboard the famed raider Alabama and was involved in the capture, commissioning, voyage, and detention of the Tuscaloosa. His final task was to deliver the Ajax in the last days of the war.
Author : Joseph McKenna
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,45 MB
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0786458275
During the American Civil War, British-crewed warships harassed Union merchantmen, sinking a total value of more than $15,000,000 in ships and cargo. Considered pirates by the federal government, these ships and crew were at the center of a largely unknown but fascinating struggle between Commander James Dunwoody of the Confederate Navy, U.S. Ambassador Charles Francis Adams, and Consul Thomas H. Dudley. This history of British assistance to the Confederate Navy covers that story in full and provides a close look at the British seamen who manned warships and blockade runners.
Author : Rodman L. Underwood
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,47 MB
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1476611556
Just as Confederate naval action is commonly overshadowed by the land battles of the Civil War, the navy's originator, Stephen Mallory, is often overlooked in favor of more famous leaders. Mallory had served as one of Florida's U.S. senators for ten years before becoming navy secretary in the Confederate government, challenged to create a valid military force where none had existed. This biography chronicles Mallory's formative years in Key West, his decades of public service, and his declining days. It discusses his career in the United States Senate, where he chaired the Committee for Naval Affairs, helping to strengthen--in an ironic twist of fate--the very navy he would later attempt to defeat. The work also examines the challenges and obstacles Mallory faced in creating a navy for the South. Special attention is given to Mallory's family relationships. Primary sources include autobiographical documents and archival records.
Author : United States. Naval War Records Office
Publisher :
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 1912
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Maxine T. Turner
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN :
By Richard T. Frey.
Author : Donald L. Canney
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,73 MB
Release : 2015
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780764348242
This is the first book-length study devoted to the vessels of the Confederate Navy, including all types used during the conflict: ironclads (both domestic and foreign-built), commerce raiders, blockade runners, riverine and ocean-going gunboats, torpedo and submersible vessels, and floating batteries. The book emphasizes the development, construction, and design of these vessels using, where available, original plans, photographs, and contemporary descriptions. The author describes these vessels in context with wartime conditions as well as with the transitional naval technology of the era. Over 100 vessels are detailed, including more than 30 ironclads, both American and foreign built. Over 150 illustrations are included, many of which have not previously been published. Also included is a section on steam engine technology of the era.
Author : United States. Naval War Records Office
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,24 MB
Release : 1931
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Walter E. Wilson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 17,96 MB
Release : 2012-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0786488883
American naval hero and Confederate secret agent James Dunwoody Bulloch was widely considered the Confederacy's most dangerous man in Europe. As head of the South's covert shipbuilding and logistics program overseas during the American Civil War, Bulloch acquired a staggering 49 warships, blockade runners, and tenders; built "invulnerable" ocean-going ironclads; sustained Confederate logistics; financed covert operations; and acted as the mastermind behind the destruction of 130 Union ships. Ironically, this man who conspired to destroy the Union and kidnap its president later stood as the favorite uncle and mentor to Theodore Roosevelt. Bulloch's astonishing life unfolds in this first-ever biography.
