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Tinclads in the Civil War : Union light-draught gunboat operations on western waters, 1862-1865
- Title
- Tinclads in the Civil War : Union light-draught gunboat operations on western waters, 1862-1865 / Myron J. Smith, Jr.
- Author
- Smith, Myron J., Jr., 1944-
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IKC 10-1395 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 423 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "Once the Union Army gained control of the upper rivers of the Mississippi Valley during the first half of 1862, slow and heavy ironclads proved ineffective in patrolling the waters. Hastily outfitted steamboats were covered with thin armor and pressed into duty. This history documents the service records and duties of these little-known vessels"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- United States > Navy > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Mississippi River Valley > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Riverine operations
- Gunboats > Mississippi River Valley > History > 19th century
- Gunboats > United States > History > 19th century
- Mississippi River Valley > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Riverine operations
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Rivers and steamboats -- Insurgents and gunboats -- The coming of the Tinclad -- Early rounds, August-December 1862 -- Tinclad river guardians, January-April 1863 -- Guerrilla attacks and Morgan's raid, May-December 1863 -- Troubled rivers, January-March 1864 -- Fort pillow, the Petrel, and Red river, April 1864 -- The big guns of Brig. Gen. Major, Col. Greene, and Capt. Creuzbauer, May 1864 -- Long, hot summer, 1864 -- Decatur and Johnsonville, October-November 1864 -- Nashville and beyond, December 1864-April 1865 -- Winding down, May to the Fall of 1865.
- Call Number
- IKC10-1395
- ISBN
- 9780786435791 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786435798 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009042186
- OCLC
- YBP 2009042186
- Author
- Smith, Myron J., Jr., 1944-
- Title
- Tinclads in the Civil War : Union light-draught gunboat operations on western waters, 1862-1865 / Myron J. Smith, Jr.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- IKC10-1395