Confederate ironclads at war / R. Thomas Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, R. Thomas, 1938- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confederate States of America. Navy--History.

Confederate States of America.

Armored vessels--Confederate States of America--History.

Armored vessels.

Confederate States of America--History, Naval.

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

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

Hampered by lack of materials, shipyards and experienced shipbuilders, even so the South managed to construct 34 iron-armored warships during the Civil War, of which the Confederate Navy put 25 into service. The stories of these vessels illustrate the hardships under which the Navy operated--and also its resourcefulness. Except for the Albemarle , no Confederate ironclad was sunk or destroyed by enemy action. Overtaken by events on the ground, most were destroyed by their own crews to prevent them from falling into Union hands. This account covers the design and construction and the engagements of the Confederate ironclads and describes the ingenuity and courage, as well as the challenges and frustrations of their "too little, too late" service.

Contents:

Introduction : the ironclad program

The CSS Manassas, the first ironclad

The CSS Cirginia at Hampton Roads

The CSS Mississippi and Louisiana at New Orleans

A volcano of fire : the CSS Arkansas

The White Hall ironclad

The Cornfield ironclad

Disaster at Wilmington

The blockade is broken

The CSS Tennessee at Mobile Bay

The ordeal of the Savannah Squadron

Trent's reach and the destruction

Of the James River Ironclads

An Ironclad at Shreveport

The CSS Jackson

The last ironclad, the CSS Stonewall

Some final thoughts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-3536-6