{"product_id":"by-sea-and-by-river-bern-anderson-9780306803673","title":"By Sea and by River","description":"Less bloody and less known than the land campaigns of the Civil War, the naval battles--and especially the naval blockade of the South--were crucial factors in the outcome of the war. The spectacular battle between the \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Merrimack\u003c\/i\u003e marked the debut of ironclads, a revolution in naval warfare. Ships supported McClellan's Peninsula Campaign and Grant's conquest of the Mississippi Valley. The raiding of the Confederate cruisers \u003ci\u003eSumter, Florida, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlabama, \u003c\/i\u003e Farragut's capture of the forts in Mobile Bay, and the interception of foreign ships on their way to trade with the South all led to the North's eventual triumph. Bern Anderson, a retired admiral, provides sketches of many of the leading characters in the action: Gideon Welles, David Farragut, Stephen Mallory, Andrew Foote, and the Confederate commander Raphael Semmes. Anderson delineates the new kind of war being born in the rivers and oceans of the U.S. during these years, in this first effective joint action by military and naval forces in American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bern Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306803674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306803673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.23h x 5.37w x 1.03d","brand":"Bern Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946409492735,"sku":"9780306803673","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1de3910f-71e4-43ce-9d12-925a7c94b87e.jpg?v=1681512986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/by-sea-and-by-river-bern-anderson-9780306803673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}