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Ellet's Brigade: The Strangest Outfit of All (History Book Club Selection S.) - Hardcover

Hearn, Chester G.

 
9780807125595: Ellet's Brigade: The Strangest Outfit of All (History Book Club Selection S.)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0807125598 ISBN 13: 9780807125595
Verlag: Louisiana State University Press, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Soon after the start of the Civil War, during the naval buildup on the central Mississippi River, celebrated civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr., formed the Ram Fleet under U.S. secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton. Perhaps the most bizarre unit organized by the Union, the rams were shunned by both the army and navy as superfluous instruments of war. However, on June 6, 1862, they proved their worth by defeating the Confederate River Defense Fleet ironclads at Memphis while the U.S. Navy simply watched. In this lively study, Chester G. Hearn details the formation and wartime exploits of Ellet's fleet, reviving the history of this fascinating but forgotten brigade.

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Verlag
Louisiana State University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0807125598
ISBN 13 
9780807125595
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
289
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