Confederate Naval Cadet

Author : Hubbard T. Minor
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786426454
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confederate Naval Cadet written by Hubbard T. Minor and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-01-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Civil War began, the southerners found themselves ill-prepared for the realities of waging war, especially on the naval front. Not only did the Confederates lack any semblance of a navy, they had few raw materials with which to construct one. The daunting task of building a navy fell on the shoulders of Stephen Mallory, newly appointed secretary of the navy. A former United States senator from Florida, Mallory had resigned from office when his home state seceded from the Union and he pledged himself to the service of the Confederacy. His intelligence and resourcefulness accomplished what many saw as impossible--the creation of a viable, combat-ready southern navy. Among his primary goals was the establishment of a naval academy, a step which Mallory considered essential for building a serious military force. In July 1863, the Confederate Naval Academy inducted its first class of cadets--among which was Hubbard T. Minor from the army's 42nd Tennessee regiment. Focusing on the latter part of the war, this work provides an in-depth look at the realities of life as a cadet at the Confederate Naval Academy. Beginning with an overview of the academy, the book contains a brief biographical sketch of each of the school's principal instructors. The main focus of the work, however, is the diary which Hubbard Minor kept as a cadet requirement. One of only two such documents to survive, it provides a day-by-day account of Minor's duties as well as his active service on board the CSS Savannah. Events covered include the June 1864 raid on the USS Water Witch, the evacuation of Savannah, and the Confederate retreat to Richmond. Selected letters from Minor's correspondence are inserted where chronologically relevant, while introductions and other explanatory information are added only as necessary to aid the reader. Appendices contain a list of regulations from the Confederate school ship Patrick Henry; the initial report from Austin Pendergrast, commander of the USS Water Witch; a roster of officers assigned to the CSS Savannah; and a report from Commander Brent of the Confederate navy regarding the evacuation of Savannah. Illustrations and an index are also included.

Author : R. Thomas Campbell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786431482
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voices of the Confederate Navy written by R. Thomas Campbell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-01-21 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work is a collection of works by Southern naval participants. The narratives traverse the field from the fond and not-so-fond memories to the carefully worded reports of an officer claiming a victory or the loss of a ship. The writings lend information as one tries to understand what personnel faced during this time in history"--Provided by publisher.

Author : James Lee Conrad
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0811768406
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Young Lions written by James Lee Conrad and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the South’s four major military colleges—the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), the South Carolina Military Academy (later The Citadel), the Georgia Military Institute, and the University of Alabama—The Young Lions is the story of young Confederate military cadets at war. From the opening of VMI in 1839 through the struggles of all the schools to remain open during the war, the death of Stonewall Jackson (a VMI professor), and the Pyrrhic victory of the Battle of New Market to the burning of the University of Alabama in 1865, this book reveals the everyday dramatic actions of cadets on battlefield and beyond.

Author : Richard E. Quest
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640120564
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Held Lincoln written by Richard E. Quest and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lt. Benjamin Loring (1824–1902) lived the life of an everyman Civil War sailor. He commanded no armies and devised no grand strategies. Loring was a sailor who just wanted to return home, where the biggest story of his life awaited him. Covering almost a year of Loring’s service, I Held Lincoln describes the lieutenant’s command of the gunboat USS Wave, the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, the surrender of his ship, and his capture by the Confederates. He was incarcerated in Camp Groce, a deadly Confederate prison where he endured horrific conditions and abuse. Loring attempted to escape, evading capture for ten days behind enemy lines, only to be recaptured just a few miles from freedom. After an arduous second escape, he finally reached the safety of Union lines and gained his freedom. On the night of April 14, 1865, Loring attended Ford’s Theater and witnessed one of the single most tragic events in American history: the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. After the shot rang out, Loring climbed into the presidential box and assisted the dying president, helping to carry him across the street to the Peterson House. Using Loring’s recently discovered private journal, Richard E. Quest tells this astonishing now-recovered story, giving insight into a little-known Confederate prison camp during the last days of the Civil War and providing much-deserved recognition to a man whose journey was nearly lost to American history.

Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1140 pages
Book Rating : 4.6Q/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil War Naval Chronology, 1861-1865 written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Neil P. Chatelain
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1611215110
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending the Arteries of Rebellion written by Neil P. Chatelain and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thorough account of the South’s efforts to hold the Mississippi River is “fast-paced, easy to read, and well supported by archival research”(The Civil War Monitor). Most studies of the Mississippi River focus on Union campaigns to open and control it, while overlooking Southern attempts to stop them. This book tells the other side of the story—the first modern full-length treatment of inland naval operations from the Confederate perspective. Jefferson Davis realized the value of the Mississippi River and its entire valley, which he described as the “great artery of the Confederacy.” This was the key internal highway that controlled the fledgling nation’s transportation network. Davis and his secretary of the navy knew these vital logistical paths offered potential highways of invasion for Union warships and armies to stab their way deep into the heart of the Confederacy, and had to be held. They planned to protect these arteries of rebellion by crafting a ring of powerful fortifications supported by naval forces. Different military branches, however, including the navy, marine corps, army, and revenue service, as well as civilian privateers and even state naval forces, competed for scarce resources to operate their own vessels. A lack of industrial capacity further complicated Confederate efforts and guaranteed the South’s grand vision of deploying dozens of river gunboats and powerful ironclads would never be fully realized. Despite these limitations, the Southern war machine introduced many innovations and alternate defenses including the Confederacy’s first operational ironclad, the first successful use of underwater torpedoes, widespread use of army-navy joint operations, and the employment of extensive river obstructions. When the river came under complete Union control in 1863, Confederate efforts shifted to its many tributaries, and a bitter, deadly struggle to control these internal lifelines. Despite a lack of ships, material, personnel, funding, and unified organization, the Confederacy fought desperately and scored many localized tactical victories—often at great cost—but failed at the strategic level. Written by a former Navy Surface Warfare Officer, this study, grounded in extensive archival and firsthand accounts, official records, and a keen understanding of terrain and geography, “very astutely gets to the heart of the main internal factors that lay behind the CSN's catastrophic failure to defend the strategic waterways of the Mississippi River Valley” (Civil War Books and Authors).

Author : L. Peter Wren
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780962208423
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richmond, Virginia - Home of the Confederate Navy, and Its Aid to the Cause written by L. Peter Wren and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Confederate Navy has been long overlooked & its action was so important to the survival of the Confederate Cause. This is the story of the arming of the South, the outfitting, capture & fighting of the Naval ships. The importance of running the blockade - & the choke points of the Atlantic. Highlighted are the patriotic southern sailors of the period & their contribution to the maritime history. The comparison of steel hull vs. wooden hull, & steam propulsion vs. sail. Ship lore is explained of that period as well as women who contributed to the cause. Illustrated on each page with some reprints of this period. Proceeds to support U. S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps -a youth organization- Richmond chapter.

Author : W. F. Clayton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Narrative of the Confederate Navy written by W. F. Clayton and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Lee Conrad
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306812378
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rebel Reefers written by James Lee Conrad and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2003-09-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Confederacy's only national naval academy was anchored in Virginia's James River aboard the CSS Patrick Henry. While their Union counterparts at the U.S. Naval Academy studied at a safe distance from the war, the midshipmen of the Confederate States Naval Academy were sent on active duty to defend the South's waterways. Using original Confederate documents and many previously unpublished letters and diaries, James Lee Conrad has compiled a fresh and scholarly study of a neglected subject.

Author : J. Thomas Scharf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4T/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Confederate States Navy written by J. Thomas Scharf and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: