Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Introduction : the ironclad program -- The CSS Manassas, the first ironclad -- The CSS Cirginia at Hampton Roads -- The CSS Mississippi and Louisiana at New Orleans -- A volcano of fire : the CSS Arkansas -- The White Hall ironclad -- The Cornfield ironclad -- Disaster at Wilmington -- The blockade is broken -- The CSS Tennessee at Mobile Bay -- The ordeal of the Savannah Squadron -- Trent's reach and the destruction -- Of the James River Ironclads -- An Ironclad at Shreveport -- The CSS Jackson -- The last ironclad, the CSS Stonewall -- Some final thoughts |
Summary |
"This account covers the design, construction and engagements of the Confederate ironclads and describes the ingenuity and courage, as well as the challenges and frustrations of their "too little, too late" service"--Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 18, 2019) |
Subject |
Confederate States of America. Navy -- History.
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SUBJECT |
Confederate States of America. Navy fast |
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Armored vessels -- Confederate States of America -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Armored vessels
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Military operations, Naval
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Confederate States of America -- History, Naval.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030851
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140251
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United States
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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Genre/Form |
History
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Naval history
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781476635361 |
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1476635366 |
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