Union Combined Operations in the Civil War (The North's Civil War) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823232867 ISBN 13: 9780823232864

Publisher: Fordham University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Despite a wealth of books on the campaigns of the American Civil War, the subject of combined or joint operations has been largely neglected. This revealing book offers ten case studies of combined Army–Navy operations by Union forces. Presented in chronological order, each essay illuminates an aspect of combined operations during a time of changing technology and doctrine.
The essays cover the war along the “rebel coast,” including the operations in the North Carolina Sounds in 1861, the Union thrusts up the York and James rivers during the Peninsular Campaign in 1862 and 1864, and the various Union efforts to seize rebel seaports from the Texas coast to Charleston and Wilmington in 1863–65. Concluding the volume are two essays that evaluate the impact of Union combined operations on
subsequent doctrine in both the United States and England.

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About the Author

Craig L. Symonds is Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy and the author of many books on Civil War and naval history. He won the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize in 2005, The Lincoln Prize (with James M. McPherson) in 2009, and the Dudley Knox Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Naval History in 2014.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823232867
• ISBN 13: 9780823232864
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Symonds Craig L.