02529nam 22005651 450 991078768860332120231107102314.01-61251-517-7(CKB)2670000000413371(EBL)1359590(OCoLC)857800170(SSID)ssj0000983004(PQKBManifestationID)12462229(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983004(PQKBWorkID)10988199(PQKB)10704720(Au-PeEL)EBL1359590(CaPaEBR)ebr10765669(CaONFJC)MIL679500(MiAaPQ)EBC1359590(EXLCZ)99267000000041337120081217h20092009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCommanding Lincoln's navy Union naval leadership during the Civil War /Stephen R. TaaffeAnnapolis, Maryland :Naval Institute Press,[2009]©20091 online resource (364 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-48218-7 1-59114-855-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-313) and index.Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction ; 1. Scraping the Barnacles; 2. Atlantic Storms ; 3. The Mighty Mississippi; 4. Hammers on Anvils ; 5. The Peripheries; 6. Turning the Tide; Conclusion ; Notes; Bibliography ; IndexThe Union Navy played a vital role in winning the Civil War by blockading Confederate ports, cooperating with the Union Army in amphibious assaults, and controlling the Mississippi River and its tributaries. President Lincoln understood, however, that the Navy was not as important, militarily and politically, to the war effort as the Army, so he delegated authority to his Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, who divided the Navy into six squadrons and hand-picked their commanders. This book examines Welles selections and why he appointed them. While noting that the officers records, characterCommand of troopsHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Naval operationsCommand of troopsHistory973.7/5940Taaffe Stephen R1528004MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787688603321Commanding Lincoln's navy3771392UNINA