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Beschreibung
The spectacular battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack marked the debut of ironclads, a revolution in naval warfare. Ships supported McClellan's Peninsula campaign and Grant's conquest of the Mississippi Valley. The raiding of the Confederate cruisers- Sumter, Florida, and Alabama. Farragut's capture of the forts in Mobile Bay, and the interception of foreign ships on their way to trade with the South-all these incidents led to the North's eventual triump.
The spectacular battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack marked the debut of ironclads, a revolution in naval warfare. Ships supported McClellan's Peninsula campaign and Grant's conquest of the Mississippi Valley. The raiding of the Confederate cruisers- Sumter, Florida, and Alabama. Farragut's capture of the forts in Mobile Bay, and the interception of foreign ships on their way to trade with the South-all these incidents led to the North's eventual triump.
Über den Autor
Rear Admiral Bern Anderson (U.S. Navy, retired) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1900, attended the United States Naval Academy, and became a commissioned officer in 1920. From 1952 to 1960, he was technical adviser and assistant to Samuel Eliot Morison in the preparation of the 14-volume History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. He is the author of Surveyor of the Sea: The Life and Voyages of Captain George Vancouver, published in 1960.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1989
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780306803673
ISBN-10: 0306803674
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Anderson, Bern
Hersteller: Da Capo Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 127 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Bern Anderson
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.1989
Gewicht: 0,41 kg
Artikel-ID: 101334353