Farragut's Captain
Farragut's Captain

Author: Peter Barratt

Publisher:

Published: 2018-08-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1483487954

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Captain Percival Drayton played a central role in four of the key naval engagements of the American Civil War, and as a personal friend and trusted subordinate of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut and Rear Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont, Drayton made a vital contribution to the ultimate success of the Union Navy in the struggle to maintain the Union. As the son of a noted Jacksonian Unionist obligated to leave South Carolina for Philadelphia many years before the war, Drayton was the very embodiment of the romantic war between brothers. Captain Drayton was a highly literate and intelligent observer of the world around him and the people in it. And throughout the war, he maintained a constant flow of letters to naval colleagues and friends. His letters provide a captivating insight into his service and into the personalities of many Civil WarÐera figures, and so his lettersÑand his biographyÑstand as a primary record of the war at sea and of the collapse of the slave system on the South Carolina coast.

Lincoln's Tragic Admiral
Lincoln's Tragic Admiral

Author: Kevin John Weddle

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780813923321

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"Weddle reveals that the admiral was the victim of a double irony: although Du Pont championed technological innovation, he outspokenly opposed the use of the new ironclads to attack Charleston. Only when his objections were overridden did his use of these modern vessels bring his career to an end. Weddle exposes this historical misunderstanding, while also pinpointing Du Pont's crucial role in the development of United States naval strategy, his work in modernizing the navy between the Mexican War and the Civil War, and his push for the navy's technological transition from wood to iron.".

Gideon Welles
Gideon Welles

Author: John Niven

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1973-11-08

Total Pages: 697

ISBN-13: 0195365445

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A full-scale life and times biography of an important Civil War figure.

Ironclad Captains of the Civil War
Ironclad Captains of the Civil War

Author: Myron J. Smith, Jr.

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-11-29

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1476666369

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From 1861 to 1865, the American Civil War saw numerous technological innovations in warfare--chief among them was the ironclad warship. Based on the Official Records, biographical works, ship and operations histories, newspapers and other sources, this book chronicles the lives of 158 ironclad captains, North and South, who were charged with outfitting and commanding these then-revolutionary vessels in combat. Each biography includes (where known) birth and death information, pre- and post-war career, and details about ships served upon or commanded.

Fighting Politician
Fighting Politician

Author: Fred Harvey Harrington

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1512802611

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Bluejackets and Contrabands
Bluejackets and Contrabands

Author: Barbara Brooks Tomblin

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2009-10-09

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 0813139279

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One of the lesser-known stories of the Civil War is the role played by escaped slaves in the Union blockade along the Atlantic coast. From the beginning of the war, many African American refugees sought avenues of escape to the North. Due to their sheer numbers, those who reached Union forces presented a problem for the military. Fortunately, the First Confiscation Act of 1861 permitted the seizure of property used in support of the South's war effort, including slaves. Eventually regarded as contraband of war, the runaways became known as contrabands. In Bluejackets and Contrabands, Barbara Brooks Tomblin examines the relationship between the Union Navy and the contrabands. The navy established colonies for the former slaves, and, in return, some contrabands served as crewmen on navy ships and gunboats and as river pilots, spies, and guides. Tomblin presents a rare picture of the contrabands and casts light on the vital contributions of African Americans to the Union Navy and the Union cause.