The Best Station of Them All : The Savannah Squadron, 1861-1865 /

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The Best Station of Them All is the story of the Confederate navy's Savannah Squadron, its relationship with the people of Savannah, Georgia, and its role in the city's economy.In this well-written and extensively researched narrative, Maurice Melton charts the history of the unit, the sai...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Melton, Maurice
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Confederate States of America. > Navy. > Savannah Squadron.
Military operations, Naval.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Georgia > Savannah.
Georgia.
Georgie (État) > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Operations navales.
Savannah (Ga.) > History, Military > 19th century.
Georgia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
Military history.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Best Station of Them All is the story of the Confederate navy's Savannah Squadron, its relationship with the people of Savannah, Georgia, and its role in the city's economy.In this well-written and extensively researched narrative, Maurice Melton charts the history of the unit, the sailors (both white and black), the officers, their families, and their activities aboard ship and in port.The Savannah Squadron worked, patrolled, and fought in the rivers and sounds along the Georgia coast. Though they saw little activity at sea, the unit did engage in naval assault, bo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (560 pages).
ISBN:9780817386108

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