Apr 1, 2015 books i recommend for young adults to read about the american civil war. The north atlantic blockading squadron during the civil war by robert m. Lincolns navy by dennis j ringle is a good below decks look at the union sailor. Here are some of my favorite fiction and nonfiction trade books, biographies.
An advertising executive by day, he authored numerous fiction and nonfiction works, most about ships, piracy, and the caribbean. Nonfiction books about military history of the united states history books about wars. This study provides reasons for the success of the confederate defense and failure of union offensive actions. The civil war at sea, oxford university press craig symonds while not technically a civil war battle book, the civil war at sea demonstrates how important the union naval campaigns were to their victory.
Though texas was often considered an isolated backwater in the conflict, the unions pervasive and systematic seizure of southern ports left galveston as one of the only strongholds of foreign imports in the anemic supply chain to embattled confederate forces. In the last months of the american civil war, the upper texas coast became a hive of blockade running. Like the holocaust and the gulag, its something we all have a moral duty to know about. Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending june 17, 2017. The berlin airlift could be called the first battle of the cold war. Confederate general dabney maury fought to protect the city and its citizens who refused to leave, such as octavia levert and augusta evans. David farragut and the great naval blockade russell shorto snippet. He launched the 201011 chancellors lecture series at. The union blockade began just a few weeks after the start of the civil war. A drums story a veteran and his grandchildren lincoln and tad the defenses of washington story of the second bull run campaigning with grant a drummer boy in gray war story told in churchyard an adventure on the eastn sho heroines of 61 and barbara frietchie down the fairfax pike major mallory of malloryville the strange case of geo. The history press june 10, 2014 in the last months of the american civil war, the upper texas coast became a hive of blockade running. The blockade stretched for more than 3500 miles from alexandria on the potomac along the sweep of the atlantic coast to the florida capes and across the gulf of.
The south had a secret weapon against the union forces evertightening blockade. Professionally converted for accurate flowingtext e book format reproduction, this study uses historical analysis to derive factors which merit consideration by political and military planners contemplating the employment of a naval blockade as a possible option. A military history of the civil war in new york journal of books. History books about the american civil war wikipedia. In his view, the issue never was in doubt, for though the confederacy fought back with.
At the start of the civil war, the north established a blockade on all shipping to and from the south. The american civil war war between the states the confederate defense of charleston, south carolinanaval gunnery, fort sumter union defense, du ponts attack, amphibious, submarine, torpedo war. Douglas savage describes how the united states navy was expanded and improved during the civil war and how ironclads and other armored vessels were used in various military operations. This epic threevolume masterpiece is to war what gibbons decline and fall of the roman empire was to history. Read florida civil war blockades battling for the coast by nick wynne available from rakuten kobo. See more ideas about history books for kids, history books and books. On august 5, 1864, the civil war arrived at mobiles doorstep. Browning 2003, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. For some, this book may be the only tool they need to research the civil war, or one of just a few, while for others it will serve as one resource among many and a guide toward finding others. Using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he sought to write a plain, blunt account of events just as they happened.
The war begins, first blood civil war, the blockade. Florida was the third southern state to secede from the united states in 186061. Civil war blockade running on the texas coast and millions of other books are. Under the blue pennant or notes of a naval officer18631865 by john w grattan edit by robert j schneller tells of the day to day life of an acting ensign in the north atlantic blockading squadron. The siege of leningrad is one of the great tragedies of 20th century european history. The book is broken up into sections covering the union blockade of confederate ports, the sieges of charleston and wilmington and the role. Published by time life the series was simultaneously released in the usa and canada between 1983 and 1987, with subsequent identical reprints in the late 1980s early 1990s following suit for foreign, though untranslated, dissemination as well.
But with 4,000 miles of coast line from virginia to mexico, there had to be gaps in the blockade. Synopsis when the world held its breath it is 25 years since the end of the cold war, now a generation old. Though texas was often considered an isolated backwater in the conflict, the unions pervasive and systematic seizure of southern ports left galveston as one of the only strongholds of foreign imports in the anemic supply chain to embattled confederate. It is the definitive history of the us civil war it gives equal treatment to both sides, and is more than one million words, but is never boring. The union continued to blockade the south throughout the civil war until the war ended in 1865.
The union navy blockaded mobile bay and the city for eight months. It was when western countries delivered much needed food and supplies to the city of berlin through the air because all other routes were blocked by the soviet union. See more ideas about war, american civil war and will o the wisp. Civil war blockade running on the texas coast civil war series. The civil war was largely a land war, but control of trade over the seas was vital for both sides. The union navy was out of date and unprepared at the wars beginning, and the confederate navy was nonexistent.
The first action of naval warfare in the american civil war was the blockade of southern ports by the union navy. The north atlantic blockading squadron during the civil war by. United states history civil war, 18611865 blockades united states history civil war, 18611865 campaigns united states history civil war. The first chapter of bull run to boer war reassesses luvaass place in the historiography and the second reexamines the firsthand experiences of the conflicts british observers. Civil war blockade running on the texas coast by andrew w. Brian balogh, cohost of backstory with the american history guys. Id like to see these five books pressed into the hands of every 18 year old, so they can understand the depths of brutality and stupidity that europe descended into in the not so distant past, and make sure that. Blockade runners of the confederacy alabama fire ant.
He is captured at spring hill, tennessee then escapes, which. There are few more colorful aspects to the civil war than the ships and men who braved the union blockade to bring munitions and medicine, champagne and silk to the confederacy. Ironclads and blockades in the civil war book, 2000. Scott knew that the south relied heavily on manufactured goods from the northern. The best books on the siege of leningrad five books. Far more books have been written about the civil war than about any other event in american history, and lincolns stack of books towers over that of any other.
The standard survey history of how european military observers interpreted the american civil war is jay luvaass 1959 book the military legacy of the civil war. Starting on april 19, 1861, the blockade was part of general winfield scotts strategy called the anaconda plan, which was an effort to reduce the souths ability to make war. For a discussion guide, links and activities related to this book, visit the silent witness. See the complete the civil war series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944long before the last shots of the second world war had echoed across the wastelands of eastern europewith the brutal greek civil war. United states history civil war, 18611865 the online books. Civil war nonfiction pairs northern kentucky university. Her richly detailed account appears to definitively solve this civil warera mystery. An advertising executive by day, he authored numerous fiction and nonfiction works. This book charts the rapid progress the north and south made to fight naval war that included blockades, blockaderunners, river fighting, and the coordinated work of army and navy. Civil war photographers and their work 1998, sullivan presents an album of the prominent ships and men who fought on both sides, matched to an engrossing account of the wars progress. Some titles focused on a specific topic, such as the. Everyday life during the civil war is intended to be a broadbased introduction to the daytoday conditions, attitudes, and events of the period.
The american civil war 18611865 was a separatist conflict between the united. The union blockade was part of a larger strategy called the anaconda plan. This account is a personal history of some of the people whose lives were concerned greatly with the blockade during the civil war. David farragut and the great naval blockade russell. Hardcover nonfiction books best sellers july 2, 2017.
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