The Confederate Navy
a pictorial history
1st Da Capo Press ed.
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Author
Publication
1992 - Da Capo Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
63,000 words, Guess
Page Count
252 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveconfederatenavyp0000ster
- ISBN-100306804883
- ISBN-139780306804885
- Goodreads1488662
- LibraryThing369217
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- Library of Congress Control Number92019258
- Better World Books9780306804885
- Open LibraryOL1716783M
Classifications
- DDC973.7/57
- LCCE596 .S8 1992
Description
At the beginning of the Civil War, the Confederate Navy was a very small collection of nearly anything that would float -- mostly small, unmilitary vessels and a few captured Union ships; there was not one real warship in the fleet. The North had men-of-war and a large fleet of merchant ships that could be armed quickly. As a result, the North was soon able to blockade the Southern coast and capture port after port. But the South fought back ingeniously, sending agents to England and France to have the finest warships built, innovating such modern weapons as the torpedo, the submarine, and the armored warship -- all of which changed the nature of naval warfare.
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