Lincoln takes command : the campaign to seize Norfolk and the destruction of the CSS Virginia / by Steven Norder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norder, Steven, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Virginia (Ironclad).

United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

Confederate States of America. Navy--History.

Confederate States of America.

Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie, [2020]

Summary:

"The first study to detail the important week in March 1862 when, for the first and only time in the country's history, a sitting president took direct control of military forces, land and sea, to wage a campaign with wide-ranging consequences. Abraham Lincoln ordered a beach-landing to capture Norfolk, the shelling of major Confederate installations and defenses, and guiding naval assets that helped capture two important cities (Norfolk and Portsmouth) and the Gosport Navy Yard, the best of its kind along the entire Atlantic seaboard. Based on extensive primary sources, supported by original maps and photos, footnotes, biblio, appendices, and index."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Monday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 6,

Wednesday, May 7,

Thursday, May 8,

Friday, May 9,

Saturday, May 10,

Sunday, May 11, 1862 "Norfolk in Our Possession"

Monday, May 12, 1862 "A Brilliant Week's Campaign"

Aftermath.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61121-458-0

OCLC:

1223096318