Description
Explores how the Union Army Quartermaster Department hired steam-powered merchant vessels as number one transportation and in a cooperative mode with the nation’s rail systems all the way through the Civil War, detailing operations, vessels, and body of workers of campaigns such because the Hatteras expedition, attempts against Vicksburg and New Orleans, and the Red River campaign, in addition to many others. Comprises b&w footage and drawings, and appendices on subjects such as crew standing, espionage, the Sioux uprisings, and armed forces telegraph service. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.