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Lincoln takes command : the campaign to seize Norfolk and the destruction of the CSS Virginia /

"The first study to detail the important week in March 1862 when, for the first and only time in the country's history, a sitting president took direct control of military forces, land and sea, to wage a campaign with wide-ranging consequences. Abraham Lincoln ordered a beach-landing to ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Norder, Steven (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: California : Savas Beatie, [2019]
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The first study to detail the important week in March 1862 when, for the first and only time in the country's history, a sitting president took direct control of military forces, land and sea, to wage a campaign with wide-ranging consequences. Abraham Lincoln ordered a beach-landing to capture Norfolk, the shelling of major Confederate installations and defenses, and guiding naval assets that helped capture two important cities (Norfolk and Portsmouth) and the Gosport Navy Yard, the best of its kind along the entire Atlantic seaboard. Based on extensive primary sources, supported by original maps and photos, footnotes, biblio, appendices, and index."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781611214581
1611214580