Under the Blue Pennant or Notes of a Naval Officer 1863-1865

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, xi/239pp, b&w photos. Very light wear to edges of dw/boards; a fine copy. This eyewitness account of the Civil War at sea provides fascinating insights into command decisions on the bridge as well as life below deck. This memoir was written just after the Civil War by John Grattan, an ensign in the Union navy, who witnessed some of the war's most significant naval operations in the struggle for control of the Atlantic seaboard. Includes details of blockade running, guerrilla warfare, underwater battles, the advance on Richmond and the visits to the front lines by President Lincoln.