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03000cam a2200445 a 4500 001 62FACAAC0F4011DF93771FC5C41A358D 003 SILO 005 20100201083435 008 080707s2008 ncuabe b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2008029599 020 $a 078643578X (ill. case binding : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786435784 (ill. case binding : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)182656595 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d C#P $d BWX $d UKM $d IXA $d IOM $d SILO 042 $a lcac 043 $a n-usm-- $a n-usm-- 050 00 $a E470.8 $b .S64 2008 082 00 $a 973.7/5 $2 22 100 1 $a Smith, Myron J. 245 1 $a The timberclads in the Civil War : $b the Lexington, Conestoga, and Tyler on the western waters / $c Myron J. Smith, Jr. ; foreword by B. Franklin Cooling. 260 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland & Co., $c c2008. 300 $a vii, 552 p. : $b ill., maps, plans ; $c 27 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-536) and index. 505 0 $a Rivers and rebellion, January-April 1861 -- Commander Rodgers goes west, April-June 1861 -- From Cincinnati into the war zone, June-August 1861 -- New men, hotter war, September 1-October 9, 1861 -- Columbus-Belmont, October 10-November 9, 1861 -- Skirmishing and fleet building, November-December 1861 -- Fort Henry : preparations and battle, January-February 1862 -- To Florence and Fort Donelson, February 1862 -- Tennessee River-Columbus-Island No. 10, February-March 1862 -- Tennessee River : Shiloh, March-April 1862 -- White River and the C.S.S. Arkansas, June-July 1862 -- An anniversary, POW convoys, and the death of a timberclad hero, July-December 1862 -- 1863 : Arkansas Post to Helena -- Peripheral streams and Red River, 1863-1864 -- Cavalry versus timberclads, June 1864 -- Epilogue: Winding down, July 1864-August 1865. 520 $a "This is the first detailed history of Union warships in the western rivers of the Civil War. The author recounts the exploits of the Lexington, the Conestoga and the Tyler, three steamboats converted to warships that formed the core of the Western Flotilla, from 1861 to 1865"--Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Mississippi River Valley $x Riverine operations. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Riverine operations. 610 10 $a United States. $b Navy $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865. 650 0 $a Warships $z Mississippi River Valley $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Warships $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 610 20 $a Lexington (Steamer : 1861-1865) 610 20 $a Conestoga (Steamer) 610 20 $a Tyler (Steamer) 651 0 $a United States $x Riverine operations. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Riverine operations. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008029599.html 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021011058.0 952 $l PMAX975 $d 20191119044059.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824070909.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=62FACAAC0F4011DF93771FC5C41A358D 994 $a 02 $b IOMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search