From Cape Charles to Cape Fear
The North Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil War

Robert M. Browning Jr (Author)

9780817350192

Paperback / softback, published 9 July 2003

472 pages, 22 illustrations
23.3 x 16.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.793 kg

[This book] gives us the facts of creating a squadron; of conducting operations on small, inland waterways; of blockading the coast and controlling internal trade; of cooperating with the army in joint expeditions; and of supplying both army and navy in its area. - Journal of Southern History

This work examines naval logistics, tactics, and strategy employed by the Union blockade off the Atlantic coast of the Confederacy. It gives the facts of creating a squadron, of conducting operations on small, inland waterways, and of blockading the coast and controlling internal trade.