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Battle on the Bay : the Civil War struggle for Galveston /
The Civil War history of Galveston is one of the last untold stories from America's bloodiest war, despite the fact that Galveston was a focal point of hostilities throughout the conflict. As other Southern ports fell to the Union, Galveston emerged as one of the Confederacy's only lifelin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
1998.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- The war is postponed
- A safe condition
- Warming up for war
- The island city chooses sides
- City in the sea
- The blockade begins
- A pessimistic assessment
- Thomas Chubb and the royal yacht
- The threat of bombardment
- Captured by ferryboats
- The infantry arrives
- The prince and his players
- From Glorieta to Galveston
- Prince John plans his next production
- The Battle of Kuhn's Wharf
- Cottonclad victory
- After the battle
- A trap fails to close
- Still another disaster off Galveston.