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Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience Aboard the USS Monitor (Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology) by David A Mindell Publisher Comments The USS Monitor famously battled the CSS Virginia (the armored and refitted USS Merrimack) at Hampton Roads in March 1862. This updated edition of David A. Mindell's classic account of the ironclad warships and the human dimension of modern warfare... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe, Or, How the Confederate Cruisers Were Equipped (Modern Library War) by James D Bulloch Publisher Comments At the outbreak of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis sent merchant marine James D. Bulloch to Europe to clandestinely acquire arms and ships for the Confederate navy. His first stop was Britain, a country hedging its bets on who would win the War Between... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price: $7.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Clad in Iron: The American Civil War and the Challenge of British Naval Power by Howard J Fuller Publisher Comments This work addresses many persistent misconceptions of what the monitors were for, and why they failed in other roles associated with naval operations of the Civil War (such as the repulse at Charleston, April 7, 1863). Monitors were 'ironclads'- not fort-... (read more) Your price: $23.95 New - Trade Paper
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Duel #40: CSS Alabama Vs USS Kearsarge: Cherbourg 1864 by Mark Lardas Publisher Comments By the time of American Civil War things had changed from the Age of Fighting Sail - steam power and explosive shells were transforming naval warfare. Iron was beginning to supplant wood. Britain had just finished HMS Warrior, an iron-hulled warship and... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Last Shot by Lynn Schooler Publisher Comments Naval history of the very first order offers a riveting account of the last confederate military force to lay down its arms.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The H.L. Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of a Civil War Treasure by Brian Hicks Publisher Comments The history of the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is as astonishing as its disappearance. On February 17, 1864, after a legendary encounter with a Union battleship, the iron “fish boat” vanished without a trace somewhere off the coast of... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover
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Sea of Gray: The around-the-world Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah by Tom Chaffin Publisher Comments The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea King left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for war. The newly christened CSS Shenandoah then... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Lamson of the Gettysburg by James M Mcpherson Publisher Comments Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final exam while at sea during the war), he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama by Stephen Fox Publisher Comments The electrifying story of Raphael Semmes and the CSS" Alabama," the Confederate raider that destroyed Union ocean shipping and took more prizes than any other raider in navalhistory. In July, 1862, Semmes received orders to take command of a secret new... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Clad in Iron: The American Civil War and the Challenge of British Naval Power by Howard J. Fuller Publisher Comments This work addresses many persistent misconceptions of what the monitors were for, and why they failed in other roles associated with naval operations of the Civil War (such as the repulse at Charleston, April 7, 1863). Monitors were 'ironclads'- not fort-... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $44.33 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Sea of Gray: The Around-The-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah by Tom Chaffin Publisher Comments The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea King left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for war. The newly christened CSS Shenandoah then... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy by James M. McPherson Publisher Comments Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final exam while at sea during the war), he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $27.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Rebel Raiders: The Astonishing History of the Confederacy's Secret Navy Publisher Comments During its clandestine construction in Liverpool, it was known as “Number 290.” When it was finally unleashed as the CSS Alabama, the Confederate gunship triggered the last great military campaign of the Civil War; a maritime adventure... (read more) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine: Iron, Guns, and Pearls (Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology) by James Delgado Publisher Comments In 2001, while vacationing on Panama’s Pacific coast, maritime archaeologist James P. Delgado came upon the hulk of a mysterious iron vessel, revealed by the ebbing tides in a small cove at Isla San Telmo. Local inquiries proved inconclusive: the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $24.00 Used - Info Not Available
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Lincoln's Admiral: The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragul by James P Duffy Publisher Comments This book tells of the Civil War campaigns of David Farragut. Thoroughly researched and compellingly written, this book examines Farragut's command of the most daring and important assignment of the Civil War: the mission to recapture the vital Southern... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Last Flag Down (07 Edition) by Baldwin Publisher Comments As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Rebel Reefers: The Organization and Midshipmen of the Confederate States Naval Academy by James Lee Conrad Publisher Comments The Confederacy's only national naval academy was anchored in Virginia's James River aboard the CSS Patrick Henry. While their Union counterparts at the U.S. Naval Academy studied at a safe distance from the war, the midshipmen of the Confederate States... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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By Sea and by River: The Naval History of the Civil War (Da Capo Paperback) by Bern Anderson Publisher Comments Less bloody and less known than the land campaigns of the Civil War, the naval battles—and especially the naval blockade of the South—were crucial factors in the outcome of the war. The spectacular battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lincoln and His Admirals by Craig L Symonds Publisher Comments Abraham Lincoln began his presidency admitting that he knew "but little of ships," but he quickly came to preside over the largest national armada to that time, not eclipsed until World War I. Written by naval historian Craig L. Symonds, Lincoln and His... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $10.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Under the Blue Pennant: Or Notes of a Naval Officer by John W Grattan Publisher Comments &... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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