Rebel Shore (ePub)
The Story of Union Sea Power in the Civil War
(Sprache: Englisch)
First published in 1957, this book details the important part that the sea power played in winning the Civil War."e;IN the past few decades there has been a resurgence of interest in the Civil War reflected in an avalanche of Civil War novels,...
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First published in 1957, this book details the important part that the sea power played in winning the Civil War."e;IN the past few decades there has been a resurgence of interest in the Civil War reflected in an avalanche of Civil War novels, biographies, and monographs. The writers responsible for this torrent have for the most part focused attention on the battlefields, the halls of Congress, the economics of war, and the actors, big and small. The role of sea power has been minimized. The best work on Civil War naval operations is still Boynton's two-volume work published in 1867. No author to date has sifted the countless number of official naval dispatches or unearthed personal correspondence of Yankee bluejackets and attempted to evaluate the importance of Lincoln's forces afloat. The reason is not difficult to find. The Civil War generation-a generation weaned on the marching armies of the Mexican War and the American West-read column after column in its newspapers and listened to politicians in and out of Congress raving about the military achievements or defeats. Misunderstood by the Lincoln Administration, the war correspondents, and the public at large, the operations of the Union sea arm were given scant publicity."e;Union amphibious attacks spearheaded the offensive. They were, perhaps, more significant than the blockade itself. Old Abe's Armada carried the flag first into the South, secured needed bases for the blockading squadrons, wiped out Confederate coastal commerce, scotched privateering activities, precipitated the ruckus between the secessionist states and the Confederate Government, and, throughout the first year of the conflict, while the Union Army licked its wounds after Bull Run, buoyed up a sagging Northern spirit and strengthened the belief that the Union could crush the rebellion."e;
Autoren-Porträt von James M. Merrill
James Mercer Merrill (April 25, 1920 - March 22, 1995) was an award-winning writer and American history teacher.Born the son of Clarence Mercer and Helen Eugenia (Hillman) Merrill in Los Angeles, California, he received his Bachelor degree from Pomona College in 1947, his Master of Arts degree from Claremont Graduate School in 1949, and his Ph.D. from the University of California in 1954.
During WWII he served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942-1946 and achieved the rank of lieutenant (junior grade). He married Ann Elizabeth McIntosh on July 7, 1945 and they had two children.
Merrill was assistant professor at Whittier College from 1952-1956 and associate professor from 1957-1966. He was professor of history at the University of Delaware in Newark, Ohio from 1966-1995 and later became Director of the University of Delaware Press.
He was the recipient of the Harry E. Pratt Memorial award; John and Dora Haynes grantee (1958); Guggenheim research fellow for Humanities, U.S. & Canada (1958-1959); and Mershon National Security fellow (1961-1962). He was also a Member of the American History Association, Southern History Association, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.
Merrill's published titles include: A Sailor's Admiral: A Biography of William F. Halsey (1976); Spurs to Glory: The Story of the United States Cavalry (1966); Uncommon Valor: The Exciting Story of the Army (1964); and Target Tokyo: The Halsey-Doolittle Raid (1964).
He died in 1995 aged 74.
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- Autor: James M. Merrill
- 2017, Englisch
- Verlag: Golden Springs Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1787203719
- ISBN-13: 9781787203716
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.02.2017
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