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Author:

Smith, Myron J.

Title:

Le Roy Fitch : the Civil War career of a Union river gunboat commander / Myron J. Smith, Jr.

Publisher:

McFarland & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

vii, 424 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Fitch, Le Roy,--1835-1875.
United States.--Navy--Officers--Biography.
Ship captains--United States--Biography.
Gunboats--United States--History--19th century.
Naval convoys--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Riverine operations.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Riverine operations.
Tennessee--Riverine operations.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Riverine operations.
Ohio River--History, Naval--19th century.
Tennessee River--History, Naval--19th century.
Cumberland River (Ky. and Tenn.)--History, Naval--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-405) and index.

Contents:

A close-knit family and unheralded youth, 1835-1856 -- From sea to brown water, 1856-March 1862 -- New Madrid to Memphis, March-June 1862 -- Brothers and guerrillas, June-September 1862 -- Tinclads, logistics and rivers -- Guerrillas and the Nashville lifeline, August-December 1862 -- Fighting irregulars and guarding convoys, January-June 1863 -- Morgan, May-July 1863 -- Chattanooga, August-December 1863 -- Building a fleet, Fort Pillow, and a second summer on the Ohio, January-September 1864 -- Johnsonville, September-November 1864 -- Nashville, December 1864-January 1865 -- From brown water to blue and home, January 1865-April 14, 1875.

ISBN:

0786429755 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
9780786429752 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007012857

Locations:

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

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)