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Lincoln's trident : the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Browning, Robert M., 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2015]
Subjects:
United States. > Navy. > West Gulf Squadron.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Blockades.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
Farragut, David Glasgow, > 1801-1870 > Military leadership.
Mississippi River Valley > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Gulf Coast (U.S.) > History, Naval > 19th century.
Mexico, Gulf of > History, Naval > 19th century.
United States. > Navy > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Table of Contents:
  • The hydra of secession
  • All was saved but our honor
  • Beauty and booty
  • Come and take the city
  • These people can do nothing without gunboats
  • The importance of a vigorous blockade
  • Bearding the lion in his den
  • We have no vessel of sufficient speed
  • Every little bayou
  • Misfortunes seldom come singly
  • Give me wooden ships and iron hearts
  • The black devil and the pup
  • Where the devil is the wind to come from
  • Heigh-ho! The Sabine Pass?
  • The blockade must be kept up
  • Notwithstanding all our watchfulness
  • Anything is preferable than lying on our oars
  • Go ahead sir
  • You had better surrender
  • Blockade running...is at an end.