Under Two Flags: The American Navy in the Civil War (Bluejacket Books)

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William M. Fowler Jr.
Naval Operations
Civil War

Description

Vividly written and well researched by a noted historian of the period, this succinct history credits the Union Navy as an essential element in the northern victory. Neither ponderous nor hagiographic, the work presents characters and events which were in the past neglected and offers candid assessments of officers, men, and material. Originally published in 1990, when it was once a Military History Book Club selection, the work is thought of as a should for Civil War buffs. It is an authoritative and gripping story of the battles waged.

The writer provides a rare look at the war fought by primitive northern gunboats drifting through Louisiana’s muddy bayous, Yankee merchantmen captured by rebel privateers at sea, and Union ironclads subduing hotly defended Southern forts. Nor does William Fowler neglect the subtler sparrings at the back of the scenes: War Secretary Stanton and Navy Secretary Welles competing for Lincoln’s favor and Welles’s fierce duel of strategies with his Confederate counterpart, Stephen Mallory. In the end, the writer describes the astonishing transformation of the Navy itself from a ragtag fleet of aging steamers and paddleboats to probably the most powerful waterborne forces on the planet.
William M. Fowler Jr.
Naval Operations
Civil War
Confederacy

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