Role of naval steamboats, including merchant vessels in Civil War. Explores how more than 3,500 merchant vessels were employed by the Union Army as primary transportation and in cooperation with the nation's rail systems. Major campaigns could not have been undertaken without the steamboat, including the Peninsular Campaign in 1862, the taking of Vicksburg in 1863 and the Petersburg Campaign of 1864-165 as well as others. Volume 2 of the Army's Navy Series. 35 illustrations, 16 maps, ship lists.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-9608996-3-4. 1995. Order #: MISC6603cloth w/dust cover$45.00.
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