Author: H. A. Goldsborough
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Commodore Charles Wilkes's Court Martial
Author: H. A. Goldsborough
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Commodore Charles Wilkes's Court Martial
Author: Charles Wilkes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1798-1877
Author: Charles Wilkes
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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ISBN:
Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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House Documents
Author: USA House of Representatives
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1798-1877
Author: Charles Wilkes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Bookman's Guide to Americana
Author: Joseph Norman Heard
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810818941
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
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Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810818941
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
No descriptive material is available for this title.
Abraham Lincoln Deals with Foreign Affairs
Author: Jay Monaghan
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803282315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
On the eve of the American Civil War, the old predatory powers of Europe were waiting to capitalize on the split in the Union. President Lincoln had to prevent foreign governments from giving official recognition to the Confederacy. Jay Monaghan shows how the underestimated, “rustic” president dealt with diplomats both in this country and abroad—and also with contentious politicians and cabinet members.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803282315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
On the eve of the American Civil War, the old predatory powers of Europe were waiting to capitalize on the split in the Union. President Lincoln had to prevent foreign governments from giving official recognition to the Confederacy. Jay Monaghan shows how the underestimated, “rustic” president dealt with diplomats both in this country and abroad—and also with contentious politicians and cabinet members.
Lincoln and His Admirals
Author: Craig Symonds
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199718717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Abraham Lincoln began his presidency admitting that he knew "but little of ships," but he quickly came to preside over the largest national armada to that time, not eclipsed until World War I. Written by naval historian Craig L. Symonds, Lincoln and His Admirals unveils an aspect of Lincoln's presidency unexamined by historians until now, revealing how he managed the men who ran the naval side of the Civil War, and how the activities of the Union Navy ultimately affected the course of history. Beginning with a gripping account of the attempt to re-supply Fort Sumter--a comedy of errors that shows all too clearly the fledgling president's inexperience--Symonds traces Lincoln's steady growth as a wartime commander-in-chief. Absent a Secretary of Defense, he would eventually become de facto commander of joint operations along the coast and on the rivers. That involved dealing with the men who ran the Navy: the loyal but often cranky Navy Secretary Gideon Welles, the quiet and reliable David G. Farragut, the flamboyant and unpredictable Charles Wilkes, the ambitious ordnance expert John Dahlgren, the well-connected Samuel Phillips Lee, and the self-promoting and gregarious David Dixon Porter. Lincoln was remarkably patient; he often postponed critical decisions until the momentum of events made the consequences of those decisions evident. But Symonds also shows that Lincoln could act decisively. Disappointed by the lethargy of his senior naval officers on the scene, he stepped in and personally directed an amphibious assault on the Virginia coast, a successful operation that led to the capture of Norfolk. The man who knew "but little of ships" had transformed himself into one of the greatest naval strategists of his age. Co-winner of the 2009 Lincoln Prize Winner of the 2009 Barondess/Lincoln Prize by the Civil War Round Table of New York John Lyman Award of the North American Society for Oceanic History Daniel and Marilyn Laney Prize by the Austin Civil War Round Table Nevins-Freeman Prize of the Civil War Round Table of Chicago
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199718717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Abraham Lincoln began his presidency admitting that he knew "but little of ships," but he quickly came to preside over the largest national armada to that time, not eclipsed until World War I. Written by naval historian Craig L. Symonds, Lincoln and His Admirals unveils an aspect of Lincoln's presidency unexamined by historians until now, revealing how he managed the men who ran the naval side of the Civil War, and how the activities of the Union Navy ultimately affected the course of history. Beginning with a gripping account of the attempt to re-supply Fort Sumter--a comedy of errors that shows all too clearly the fledgling president's inexperience--Symonds traces Lincoln's steady growth as a wartime commander-in-chief. Absent a Secretary of Defense, he would eventually become de facto commander of joint operations along the coast and on the rivers. That involved dealing with the men who ran the Navy: the loyal but often cranky Navy Secretary Gideon Welles, the quiet and reliable David G. Farragut, the flamboyant and unpredictable Charles Wilkes, the ambitious ordnance expert John Dahlgren, the well-connected Samuel Phillips Lee, and the self-promoting and gregarious David Dixon Porter. Lincoln was remarkably patient; he often postponed critical decisions until the momentum of events made the consequences of those decisions evident. But Symonds also shows that Lincoln could act decisively. Disappointed by the lethargy of his senior naval officers on the scene, he stepped in and personally directed an amphibious assault on the Virginia coast, a successful operation that led to the capture of Norfolk. The man who knew "but little of ships" had transformed himself into one of the greatest naval strategists of his age. Co-winner of the 2009 Lincoln Prize Winner of the 2009 Barondess/Lincoln Prize by the Civil War Round Table of New York John Lyman Award of the North American Society for Oceanic History Daniel and Marilyn Laney Prize by the Austin Civil War Round Table Nevins-Freeman Prize of the Civil War Round Table of Chicago
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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