Strangling the Confederacy : Coastal Operations in the American Civil War.
While the Civil War is mainly remembered for its epic battles between the Northern and Southern armies, the Union was simultaneously waging another campaign-dubbed "Anaconda"-that was gradually depriving the South of industry and commerce, thus rendering the exploits of its field armies mo...
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| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Havertown : Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC, 2010. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- THE KEY FEDERALS
- THE KEY CONFEDERATES
- THE BLOCKADE AND THE NAVY BOARD
- The Atlantic Campaign
- HATTERAS INLET: THE PATTERN IS FORMED
- PORT ROYAL SOUND: THE TRIUMPH OF THE PLAN
- FERNANDINA AND JACKSONVILLE: THE ARMY IS OVEREXTENDED
- FORT PULASKI: RIFLED ARTILLERY'S FIRST BREACH OF MASONRY
- The Burnside Expedition
- ROANOKE ISLAND: AMPHIBIOUS PROVING GROUND
- NEW BERN: EXPANDED LOGISTICAL IMPACT OF THE COASTAL WAR
- FORT MACON: FINAL VICTORY OF THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION
- THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN: A FAILURE IN COOPERATION
- The Gulf Campaign
- SHIP ISLAND: SETTING THE STAGE
- NEW ORLEANS: THE PRICE OF UNPREPAREDNESS
- PENSACOLA: THE CONFEDERACY IS STRETCHED TOO THIN
- GALVESTON: A FEDERAL SETBACK
- Tougher Challenges
- CHARLESTON: TOO STRONG FROM THE SEA
- MOBILE BAY: DAMN THE TORPEDOES
- FORT FISHER: THE FINAL CHAPTER
- THE COASTAL WAR AND THE ELEMENTS OF OPERATIONAL DESIGN
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX.