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Lincoln's trident : the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War
- Title
- Lincoln's trident : the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War / Robert M. Browning Jr.
- Author
- Browning, Robert M., 1955-
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 700 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Mississippi River Valley
- Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870
- Blockade
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Blockades
- Mexico, Gulf of > History, Naval > 19th century
- Mississippi River Valley > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Military operations, Naval
- Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870 > Military leadership
- Naval history
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Military leadership
- History
- United States > Navy > West Gulf Squadron
- Gulf Coast (U.S.) > History, Naval > 19th century
- Gulf of Mexico
- United States > Navy > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations
- 1800 - 1899
- United States > Gulf Coast
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Naval history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 649-677) and index.
- Contents
- The hydra of secession -- All was saved but our honor -- Beauty and booty -- Come and take the city -- These people can do nothing without gunboats -- The importance of a vigorous blockade -- Bearding the lion in his den -- We have no vessel of sufficient speed -- Every little bayou -- Misfortunes seldom come singly -- Give me wooden ships and iron hearts -- The black devil and the pup -- Where the devil is the wind to come from -- Heigh-ho! The Sabine Pass? -- The blockade must be kept up -- Notwithstanding all our watchfulness -- Anything is preferable than lying on our oars -- Go ahead sir -- You had better surrender -- Blockade running...is at an end.
- Call Number
- IKC 15-3138
- ISBN
- 9780817318468 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0817318461 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780817387785 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014019856
- OCLC
- 881208682
- Author
- Browning, Robert M., 1955-
- Title
- Lincoln's trident : the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War / Robert M. Browning Jr.
- Publisher
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 649-677) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800 - 1899
- Research Call Number
- IKC 15-3138