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Success is all that was expected : the South Atlantic blockading squadron during the Civil War

Title: Success is all that was expected : the South Atlantic blockading squadron during the Civil War / Robert M. Browning, Jr.
Author: Browning, Robert M., 1955-
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, c2002.

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Description

xii, 497 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-473) and index.

Contents

"The blockade is a farce" -- "The success is all that was expected" -- "Flying about like moths around a lamp" -- "Our troops will not fight if gunboats are within their reach" -- "The ironclads are not formidable monsters" -- "You have not turrets enough ... you have not guns enough" -- "To the perpetual disgrace of public justice" -- "I do not think the game is worth the candle" -- "Tell Admiral Dahlgren to come and take it" -- "He could only expect me to hold on" -- "The rebellion is shut out from the ocean" -- "The fall of Satan's kingdom."

Call Number

IKC 03-1661

ISBN

1574885146 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002008674

OCLC

50035328

Author

Browning, Robert M., 1955-

Title

Success is all that was expected : the South Atlantic blockading squadron during the Civil War / Robert M. Browning, Jr.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, c2002.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-473) and index.

Research Call Number

IKC 03-1661

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