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Lincoln's Trident : The West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War / Robert M. Browning Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Browning, Robert M. Jr., 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America, Gulf of--History, Naval--19th century.
- America, Gulf of.
- Gulf Coast (U.S.)--History, Naval--19th century.
- Gulf Coast (U.S.).
- Mississippi River Valley--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Mississippi River Valley.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.
- United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States. Navy. West Gulf Squadron.
- Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870--Military leadership.
- Farragut, David Glasgow.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (715 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Lincoln's Trident, Coast Guard historian Robert M. Browning Jr. continues his magisterial series about the Union's naval blockade of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Established by the Navy Department in 1862, the West Gulf Blockading Squadron operated from St. Andrews Bay (Panama City), Florida to the Rio Grande River. As with the Navy's blockade squadrons operating in the Atlantic, the mission of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron was to cripple the South's economy by halting imports and disrupting cotton exports, the South's main source of hard currency. The blockade also li
- Contents:
- The hydra of secession
- All was saved but our honor
- Beauty and booty
- Come and take the city
- These people can do nothing without gunboats
- The importance of a vigorous blockade
- Bearding the lion in his den
- We have no vessel of sufficient speed
- Every little bayou
- Misfortunes seldom come singly
- Give me wooden ships and iron hearts
- The black devil and the pup
- Where the devil is the wind to come from
- Heigh-ho! The Sabine Pass?
- The blockade must be kept up
- Notwithstanding all our watchfulness
- Anything is preferable than lying on our oars
- Go ahead sir
- You had better surrender
- Blockade running...is at an end.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780817387785
- 0817387781
- OCLC:
- 905222539
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