Running the Batteries the Story of the Western Gunboat Flotilla
Running the Batteries the Story of the Western Gunboat Flotilla

Author: Peter Ericson

Publisher:

Published: 2007-09-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781435702226

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Running the Batteries tells the story of the Union gunboats on the western rivers during the American Civil War. This fleet of ironclad gunboats engaged in some of the greatest battles of the Western Theater, and led the way to the eventual Union victory.

Running the Batteries
Running the Batteries

Author: Peter Ericson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 1435702476

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In Running the Batteries, Peter Ericson tells the story of the Union gunboats on the western rivers. Using original sources which let the participants speak for themselves, the book follows the Union navy as it battles its way down river to the sea. Battles such as Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Island Number 10 and Vicksburg are brought out in great detail, as are lesser known battles such as Plum Run Bend, Memphis and the Red River Campaign.

The USS Carondelet
The USS Carondelet

Author: Myron J. Smith, Jr.

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2010-04-13

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0786456094

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The USS Carondelet had a revolutionary ship design and was the most active of all the Union's Civil War river ironclads. From Fort Henry through the siege of Vicksburg and from the Red River campaign through the Battle of Nashville, the gunboat was prominent in war legend and literature. This history draws on the letters of Ensign Scott Dyer Jordan and Rear Adm. Henry Walke's memoirs.