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The CSS Virginia : sink before surrender / John V. Quarstein.

Title: The CSS Virginia : sink before surrender / John V. Quarstein.
Author: Quarstein, John V.
Publication: Charleston, SC : History Press, 2012.

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591 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references 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.

ISBN

9781609495800
1609495802

LCCN

^^2011052413

OCLC

769232611

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