02248oam 2200409z 450 991079149730332120230201171739.00-19-771417-X97866109656631-280-96566-50-19-972792-9(CKB)2550000001204488(MiAaPQ)EBC430526(EXLCZ)99255000000120448820170619d1997 uy 0engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLamson of the Gettysburg the Civil War letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy /edited by James M. McPherson and Patricia R. McPhersonNew York:Oxford University Press,1997.1 online resource (272 pages)0-19-511698-4 Preface Acknowledgments A Note on Editorial Method Prologue 1. I Shall Stand by the Union 2. If They Will Only Give Us a Chance 3. I Wish the Navy Could Do More 4. One of the Most Gallant Officers in the Navy 5. The People of Oregon Feel Proud to Call You Their Son 6. Our Flag Was the First 7. The Rebs Eat Little and Fight Hard 8. I Am Getting Tired and Wear y9. We Have Taken Fort Fisher Epilogue IndexRoswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skilful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final exam while at sea during the war), he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank in the service, climaxed by his captaincy of the navy's fastest ship in 1864, USS Gettysburg. Now, in Lamson of the Gettysburg, we have the war-time letters of this striking naval figure. What's more, these are letters of exceptional quality.OregonBiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Naval operationsUnited StatesHistoryCivil war, 1861-1865Personal narrativesOregonBiography.973.7/5Lamson Roswell Hawks1567557McPherson James M136582McPherson Patricia R1567558BOOK9910791497303321Lamson of the Gettysburg3839023UNINA