The Confederate Navy: A Pictorial History - Hardcover

Van Doren Stern, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1258795949 ISBN 13: 9781258795948

Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC, 2013

Synopsis

At The Beginning Of The Civil War, The Confederate Navy Was A Very Small Collection Of Nearly Anything That Would Float, Mostly Small, Unmilitary Vessels And A Few Captured Union Ships; There Was Not One Real Warship In The Fleet. The North Had Men-Of-War And A Large Fleet Of Merchant Ships That Could Be Armed Quickly. As A Result, The North Was Soon Able To Blockade The Southern Coast And Capture Port After Port. But The South Fought Back Ingeniously, Sending Agents To England And France To Have The Finest Warships Built, Innovating Such Modern Weapons As The Torpedo, The Submarine, And The Armored Warship, All Of Which Changed The Nature Of Naval Warfare.

About this title

About the Author

Philip Van Doren Stern (1900 1984) was an American author, editor, and Civil War historian whose story, The Greatest Gift, became the basis of the classic Christmas film, It s a Wonderful Life".

Edition details

• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1258795949
• ISBN 13: 9781258795948
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 258