Battle on the Bay : the Civil War struggle for Galveston / Edward T. Cotham, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cotham, Edward T. (Edward Terrel), 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Galveston, Battle of, Galveston, Tex., 1863.

Physical Description:

241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1998.

Summary:

Cotham sets the events in Galveston within the overall conduct of the war, revealing how the city's loss was a great strategic impediment to the North. Through his pages pass major figures of the era, as well as ordinary soldiers, sailors, and citizens of Galveston, whose courage in the face of privation and danger adds an inspiring dimension to the story.

Contents:

The war is postponed

A safe condition

Warming up for war

The island city chooses sides

City in the sea

The blockade begins

A pessimistic assessment

Thomas Chubb and the royal yacht

The threat of bombardment

Captured by ferryboats

The infantry arrives

The prince and his players

From Glorieta to Galveston

Prince John plans his next production

The Battle of Kuhn's Wharf

Cottonclad victory

After the battle

A trap fails to close

Still another disaster off Galveston

An entrenched camp

Treated like a conquered city

Running the blockade

The "closing act of the rebellion".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-230) and index.

ISBN:

0292712049

0292712057

OCLC:

36755726