Strangling the Confederacy: coastal operations of the American Civil War 9781935149507, 1935149504

The key Federals -- The key Confederates -- The blockage and the Navy Board -- THE ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN. Hatteras Inlet; th

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Strangling the Confederacy: coastal operations of the American Civil War
 9781935149507, 1935149504

Table of contents :
The key Federals --
The key Confederates --
The blockage and the Navy Board --
THE ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN. Hatteras Inlet
the pattern is formed --
Port Royal Sound: the triumph of the plan --
Fernandina and Jacksonville: the army is overextended --
Fort Pulaski: Rifled artillery's first breach of masonry --
THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. Roanoke Island: amphibious proving ground --
New Bern: expanded logistical impact of the coastal war --
Fort Macon: final victory of the Burnside Expedition --
THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN: a failure in cooperation --
THE GULF CAMPAIGN. Ship Island: setting the stage --
New Orleans: the price of unpreparedness --
Pensacola: the Confederacy is stretched too thin --
Galveston: a federal setback --
TOUGHER CHALLENGES. Charleston: too strong from the Sea --
Mobile Bay: damn the torpedoes --
Fort Fisher: the final chapter --
The coastal war and the elements of operational design.

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