Description
Narrates the birth, life, and death of the academy, which was once founded in 1863 within the temporal and geographical vortex of a violent war. Amongst different topics, describes the battles beneath Richmond in 1864, the young midshipmen who attended, and the guardians of the Confederate treasury in its retreat south to the Carolinas and Georgia. Contains many images and paintings, and quotes at period from latest sources. Awarded the primary Nathan Bedform Forrest History Award. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.