Le Roy Fitch: The Civil War Career of a Union River Gunboat Commander

ISBN-13: 9780786477371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 432 str.

Jr. Myron J. Smith

Opis

This is the first published biography of Lieutenant Commander Le Roy Fitch, U.S. Navy. Fitch saw action on the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers; fought against Morgan, Wheeler and Forrest, as well as irregulars; commanded an ironclad monitor during the Battle of Nashville; and was renowned for his abilities in counterinsurgency and convoy tactics.

Spis treści

• Table of Contents
• Preface 1
• List of Abbreviations 9
• 1. A Close-Knit Family and Unheralded Youth, 1835–1856 11
• 2. From Sea to Brown Water, 1856–March 1862 23
• 3. New Madrid to Memphis, March–June 1862 42
• 4. Brothers and Guerrillas, June–September 1862 57
• 5. Tinclads, Logistics and Rivers 72
• 6. Guerrillas and the Nashville Lifeline, August–December 1862 90
• 7. Fighting Irregulars and Guarding Convoys, January–June 1863 112
• 8. Morgan, May–July 1863 167
• 9. Chattanooga, August–December 1863 208
• 10. Building a Fleet, Fort Pillow, and a Second Summer on the Ohio, January–September 1864 239
• 11. Johnsonville, September–November 1864 267
• 12. Nashville, December 1864–January 1865 291
• 13. From Brown Water to Blue and Home, January 1865–April 14, 1875 335
• Notes 359
• Bibliography 391
• Index 407