Tinclads in the Civil War : Union light-draught gunboat operations on western waters, 1862-1865

Publication Data

• Title Tinclads in the Civil War : Union light-draught gunboat operations on western waters, 1862-1865
• Author Myron J. Smith
• Publisher McFarland
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Jefferson, N.C.
• Language English

Contents

Introduction
Rivers and steamboats
Insurgents and gunboats
The coming of the Tinclad
Early rounds, August-December 1862
Tinclad river guardians, January-April 1863
Guerrilla attacks and Morgan's raid, May-December 1863
Troubled rivers, January-March 1864
Fort pillow, the Petrel, and Red river, April 1864
The big guns of Brig. Gen. Major, Col. Greene, and Capt. Creuzbauer, May 1864
Long, hot summer, 1864
Decatur and Johnsonville, October-November 1864
Nashville and beyond, December 1864-April 1865
Winding down, May to the Fall of 1865.

Topics

• United States. Navy :: History :: Civil War, 1861-1865
• Gunboats :: History :: 19th century
• Mississippi River Valley :: History :: Civil War, 1861-1865 :: Riverine operations
• Mississippi River Valley :: History :: Civil War, 1861-1865 :: Campaigns
• United States :: History :: Civil War, 1861-1865 :: Riverine operations
• Mississippi River Valley
• United States

Tinclads in the Civil War : Union light-draught gunboat operations on western waters, 1862-1865 by Myron J. Smith. ISBN 9780786435791. Published by McFarland in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.