"The makeshift CSS Arkansas, completed by Lt. Isaac Newton Brown and manned by a mixed crew of volunteers, gave the South a surge of confidence when it launched in 1862. The saga of the CSS Arkansas represents the last significant Confederate naval activity in the war's Western …
The makeshift CSS Arkansas, completed by Lt. Isaac Newton Brown and manned by a mixed crew of volunteers, gave the South a surge of confidence when it launched in 1862. The saga of the CSS Arkansas represents the last significant Confederate naval activity in the war's Western t…
Included in this biographical encyclopedia are Union and Confederate naval officers down to the rank of mate; enlisted sailors who won the Medal of Honor, or otherwise distinguished themselves or who wrote accounts of life on the gunboats; army officers and leaders who played a …
"Included in this encyclopedia are Union and Confederate naval officers down to the rank of mate; army officers and partisan leaders who played a role in combat. Each of the biographies includes (where known) birth, death and residence data; unit organization or ship; wartime in…
Included in this biographical encyclopedia are Union and Confederate naval officers down to the rank of mate; enlisted sailors who won the Medal of Honor, or otherwise distinguished themselves or who wrote accounts of life on the gunboats; army officers and leaders who played a …
"Included in this encyclopedia are Union and Confederate naval officers down to the rank of mate; army officers and partisan leaders who played a role in combat. Each of the biographies includes (where known) birth, death and residence data; unit organization or ship; wartime in…