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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norder, Steven (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: California : Savas Beatie, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Virginia (Ironclad)
United States. > Navy > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Confederate States of America. > Navy > History.
Confederate States of America. > Navy
United States. > Navy
1861-1865
Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862.
Bataille de Hampton Roads, Virg., 1862.
United States
Virginia
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Monday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 6,
  • Wednesday, May 7,
  • Thursday, May 8,
  • Friday, May 9,
  • Saturday, May 10,
  • Sunday, May 11, 1862 "Norfolk in Our Possession"
  • Monday, May 12, 1862 "A Brilliant Week's Campaign"
  • Aftermath.

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