The Civil War on the Mississippi [electronic resource] :Union sailors, gunboat captains, and the campaign to control the river / Barbara Brooks Tomblin.
By: Tomblin, Barbara [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
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BookPublisher: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780813167053; 0813167051.Subject(s): United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Riverine operations | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865Genre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 973.7/462 Online resources: Full text available: Includes bibliographical references and index.
The western gunboat flotilla: "a mongrel service" -- USS Carondelet and Fort Henry -- Fort Donelson -- Island No. 10 -- Securing New Orleans -- The Battle of Plum Point Bend -- The Battle of Memphis -- On to Vicksburg! -- CSS Arkansas -- The Mississippi Squadron -- The First Vicksburg Campaign -- Arkansas Post and Fort Hindman -- The Steele's Bayou Expedition -- The Yazoo Pass Expedition of 1863 -- Port Hudson -- Grand Gulf -- Blockade and siege: Milliken's Bend and Simmesport -- Final push to victory -- Conclusion.
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