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



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Autore: Taaffe Stephen R Visualizza persona
Titolo: Commanding Lincoln's navy : Union naval leadership during the Civil War / / Stephen R. Taaffe Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2009]
©2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7/5
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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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61251-517-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811476603321
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