The C.S.S. Albemarle and William Cushing

The Remarkable Confederate Ironclad and the Union Officer Who Sank It

Jim Stempel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

246 Seiten

2011
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6529-3 (ISBN)

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On October 27, 1864, two marvels of the Civil War collided on the Roanoke River near Plymouth, North Carolina. The first was the formidable Confederate ironclad Albemarle, a 376-ton behemoth that had for months roamed the nearby rivers and waters of Albemarle Sound, defeating in turn everything the Federal Navy could throw at it. The second was William B. Cushing, a 21-year-old Federal naval lieutenant who had been selected to lead a virtual suicide mission to destroy the ironclad in her berth. This chronicle of the young officer's ""David vs. Goliath"" victory over the daunting ironclad presents a tale of courage and accomplishment.

Jim Stempel is an authority of the Eastern campaigns of the American Civil War. He resides in western Maryland.

Table of Contents

Preface

Prologue

1. The Mosquito Fleet

2. A Close One, Sir

3. We Are About to Build a Large Number of Gun Boats

4. When Fought as Gallantly as That

5. For Want of This Iron Our Work Has Been Going Backward

6. Wrong Wharf, Wrong Boat

7. In High Favor

8. In a Cornﬁeld at Edward’s Ferry

9. A Presidential Compliment

10. Magniﬁcent, Grim, Irresistible

11. The Good Ship Albemarle

12. Shokokon to Monticello

13. Winter Offensive

14. The Essence of Impudence

15. All Ahead, Full

16. Plymouth Is Ours

17. Heaven Has Crowned Our Efforts with Success

18. A Terriﬁc Grand Waltz

19. Four Miles from Wilmington

20. Captain Cushing’s Exploits in the Cape Fear River

21. Captain Cooke

22. David against Goliath

23. To Prevent an Impending Calamity

24. Send the Boats On

25. I Have Undertaken a Great Project

26. You Must Not Hope to Return

27. Pick Your Men

28. An Example of Coolness and Skill

29. The Fixed Determination to Escape

30. No More Gallant Thing

31. Dead Gone Sunk

32. It Is Done

33. Cheer Ship

34. Thanks of Congress

35. The Cost of the Nation’s Unity

36. Blind to the Facts

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	16 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	347 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-7864-6529-8 / 0786465298
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-6529-3 / 9780786465293
Zustand	Neuware