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02664aam a2200433 a 4500 001 E035B4047ACA11E0ACCC1D996AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110510010050 008 091009s2010 ncuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009042186 020 $a 0786435798 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786435791 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)368029757 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d C#P $d IUL $d DEBBG $d IOM $d SILO 043 $a n-usm-- $a n-usm-- 050 00 $a E470.8 $b .S65 2010 082 00 $a 973.3/5 $2 22 100 1 $a Smith, Myron J. 245 1 $a Tinclads in the Civil War : $b Union light-draught gunboat operations on western waters, 1862-1865 / $c Myron J. Smith, Jr. 260 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland & Co., $c c2010. 300 $a viii, 423 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 26 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Rivers and steamboats -- Insurgents and gunboats -- The coming of the Tinclad -- Early rounds, August-December 1862 -- Tinclad river guardians, January-April 1863 -- Guerrilla attacks and Morgan's raid, May-December 1863 -- Troubled rivers, January-March 1864 -- Fort pillow, the Petrel, and Red river, April 1864 -- The big guns of Brig. Gen. Major, Col. Greene, and Capt. Creuzbauer, May 1864 -- Long, hot summer, 1864 -- Decatur and Johnsonville, October-November 1864 -- Nashville and beyond, December 1864-April 1865 -- Winding down, May to the Fall of 1865. 520 $a "Once the Union Army gained control of the upper rivers of the Mississippi Valley during the first half of 1862, slow and heavy ironclads proved ineffective in patrolling the waters. Hastily outfitted steamboats were covered with thin armor and pressed into duty. This history documents the service records and duties of these little-known vessels"--Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Mississippi River Valley $x Riverine operations. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Riverine operations. 651 0 $a Mississippi River Valley $x Campaigns. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Campaigns. 650 0 $a Gunboats $x History $y 19th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Navy $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865. 651 0 $a United States $x Riverine operations. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Riverine operations. 648 7 $a Geschichte. $2 swd 650 07 $a Kriegsschiff. $2 swd 650 07 $a Sezessionskrieg (1861-1865) $2 swd 651 7 $a Mississippi (Fluss) $2 swd 651 7 $a USA $x Nordstaaten. $2 swd 941 $a 2 952 $l PMAX975 $d 20191119044239.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825044837.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E035B4047ACA11E0ACCC1D996AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b IOMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search