Commanding Lincoln's navy : Union naval leadership during the Civil War / / Stephen R. Taaffe

• Autore: Taaffe Stephen R
• Pubblicazione: Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/5; 940
• Soggetto topico: Command of troops - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-313) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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, character
• Titolo autorizzato: Commanding Lincoln's navy
• ISBN: 1-61251-517-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811476603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II