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The CSS Virginia : sink before surrender
- Title
- The CSS Virginia : sink before surrender / John V. Quarstein.
- Author
- Quarstein, John V.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- 591 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Merrimack (Frigate)
- Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations
- Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
- Armored vessels > United States > History > 19th century
- Virginia (Ironclad)
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations
- Confederate States of America > Navy > History
- Monitor (Ironclad)
- United States > Navy > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-579) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- "A magnificent specimen of naval architecture" -- Flashpoint : Gosport -- Iron against wood -- The Virginia -- The race for Hampton Roads -- Like a huge half-submerged crocodile -- Aftermath -- Enter the Monitor -- Mistress of the roads -- Equal to five thousand men -- Fire a gun to windward -- Loss and redemption -- I fought in Hampton Roads -- Appendix A. You say Merrimack, I say Virginia -- Appendix B. CSS Virginia designers -- Appendix C. The commanders -- Appendix D. CSS Virginia officers' assignment dates -- Appendix E. Confederate navy volunteers aboard the CSS Virginia -- Appendix F. Confederate marines aboard the CSS Virginia -- Appendix G. Confederate army volunteers aboard the CSS Virginia by unit designation -- Appendix H. CSS Virginia casualties, 8 March 1862 -- Appendix I. CSS Virginia personnel paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, and Greensboro, North Carolina -- Appendix J. CSS Virginia officer assignments, 8 March 1862 -- Appendix K. CSS Virginia dimensions and statistics -- Appendix l. The crew of the CSS Virginia -- Appendix M. Chronology of the CSS Virginia.
- Call Number
- IKE 12-7088
- ISBN
- 9781609495800
- 1609495802
- LCCN
- 2011052413
- OCLC
- 769232611
- Author
- Quarstein, John V.
- Title
- The CSS Virginia : sink before surrender / John V. Quarstein.
- Imprint
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-579) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IKE 12-7088