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The USS Carondelet : a Civil War ironclad on western waters /

The USS Carondelet had a revolutionary design and was the most active of the Union's Civil War river ironclads. From Fort Henry through the siege of Vicksburg and the Red River campaign through the Battle of Nashville, the gunboat was prominent. This history draws on the letters of Ensign Scott...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Myron J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, [2010]
Subjects:
Carondolet (Gunboat)
Mississippi River Valley > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
Table of Contents:
  • Planning the western ironclads
  • The building of the Carondelet and the City series gunboats
  • Life aboard the Carondelet
  • Fort Henry
  • Fort Donelson
  • Island No. 10
  • Fort Pillow and Memphis
  • The Arkansas
  • Transition, January-March 1863
  • Vicksburg
  • From Vicksburg to Red River
  • Nashville
  • War's end.