Gunsmoke over the Atlantic : first naval actions of the Civil War / Jack D. Coombe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coombe, Jack D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.

United States.

History.

Sea control.

Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--History, Naval--19th century.

Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Physical Description:

xix, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Bantam Books, 2002.

Contents:

Naval Chronology: 1860-1865 ix

Naval Nomenclature xvii

1 Fort Sumter and the U.S. Navy 1

2 A Navy Yard Falls 17

3 The Blockade and the Blockade-Runners 26

4 A New Navy Is Born 36

5 The First Amphibious Operations, Part 1: Cape Hatteras 47

6 The First Amphibious Operations, Part 2: Port Royal 58

7 The Trent Tribulation 71

8 Mopping Up the Sounds: Roanoke 80

9 Monitor vs. Merrimack, Part 1: The Antagonists 90

10 Monitor vs. Merrimack, Part 2: The Conflict 105

11 Monitor vs. Merrimack, Part 3: The Aftermath 122

12 Fort Pulaski Falls 132

13 Fort Sumter Revisited 137

14 The Hunley and Underwater Warfare 150

15 The Albemarle Saga 160

16 Kearsarge vs. Alabama: End of a Raider 171

17 Climax at Fort Fisher, Part 1 183

18 Climax at Fort Fisher, Part 2 194

19 Twilight of the Confederate Navy 204

20 A Glance Backward 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-257) and index.

ISBN:

0553801627

OCLC:

48265601