War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865

by James M. McPherson

Book Overview

Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the war's naval campaigns and their military leaders.
McPherson recounts how the Union navy's blockade of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807835889
• ISBN13: 9780807835883
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"