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Author:

Smith, Myron J.

Title:

The CSS Arkansas : a Confederate ironclad on western waters / Myron J. Smith, Jr.

Publisher:

McFarland & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

viii, 351 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Arkansas (Confederate ram)
Mississippi River Valley--Naval operations, Confederate.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations, Confederate.
United States--Naval operations, Confederate.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations, Confederate.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Beginnings -- The upper river ironclads -- A frustrating start, August-December 1861 -- From Memphis to Yazoo City, January-May 1862 -- Five weeks up the Yazoo, early May-late June 1862 -- Descending the Yazoo, June 25-July 15, 1862 -- Morning (part I), July 15, 1862: dawn fight in the Yazoo -- Morning (part II), July 15, 1862: running the gauntlet -- Surviving Farragut's charge: night, July 15, 1862 -- Arkansas vs. Essex, round one: July 16-22, 1862 -- Arkansas vs. Essex, round two: finale off Baton Rouge, July 23-August 6, 1862.

Summary:

"The makeshift CSS Arkansas, completed by Lt. Isaac Newton Brown and manned by a mixed crew of volunteers, gave the South a surge of confidence when it launched in 1862. The saga of the CSS Arkansas represents the last significant Confederate naval activity in the war's Western theater"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0786447265 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786447268 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)664656889

LCCN:

2011023403

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)