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The Navy in the Civil The Navies of the Civil War Overview Anderson, Bern. By Sea and by River: the Naval History of the Civil War. New York: Knopf, 1962. F834 A545b Hearn, Chester G. Naval battles of the Civil War. San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2000. UN834 H436n 2000 Oversized Material Porter, David D. The Naval History of the Civil War. New York: Sherman Publishing Co., 1886. F834 P84n Union Joiner, Gary D. Mr. Lincoln’s Brown Water Navy: the Mississippi Squadron. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007. UN834 J74m Merrill, James M. The Rebel Shore: the Story of Union Sea Power in the Civil War. Boston: Little, Brown, 1957. F834 M571r Taaffe, Stephen R. Commanding Lincoln's Navy: Union Naval Leadership During the Civil War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2009. UN834 T111c Confederacy Campbell, R. Thomas, editor. Voices of the Confederate Navy: Articles, Letters, Reports, and Reminiscences. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2008. UN861 V889 Hearn, Chester G. Gray Raiders of the Sea: How Eight Confederate Warships Destroyed the Union's High Seas Commerce. Camden, Maine: International Marine Publishing, 1992. F834z H436g Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel. Albany, New York: Joseph McDonough, 1894. F834z S31h 1894 Gunboats Walke, Henry. Naval Scenes on the Western Waters. The gunboats Taylor, Carondelet and Lafayette. [S.l., 187-?] F8347 N318 Gosnell, Harpur Allen. Guns on the Western Waters: the Story of River Gunboats in the Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1949]. F834 G677g Joyner, Elizabeth Hoxie. The USS Cairo: History and Artifacts of a Civil War Gunboat. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2006. UUDG J895u Milligan, John D. Gunboats down the Mississippi. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, [1965]. F834 M654g Ironclads MacBride, Robert. Civil War Ironclads: the Dawn of Naval Armor. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1962. UUD M119c Still, William N. Jr. Iron Afloat: the Story of the Confederate Armorclads. Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 1971. F834z S857i Blockades and Blockade Runners Allen, Charles Maxwell and Glen N. Wiche, editor. Dispatches from Bermuda: The Civil War Letters of Charles Maxwell Allen, United States Consul at Bermuda, 1861-1888. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, c2008. F8341 A425d Browning, Robert M. From Cape Charles to Cape Fear: the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil War. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, c1993. UN834 B885f Cochran, Hamilton. Blockade Runners of the Confederacy. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merril, 1958. F834 C6627b Durham, Roger S. High Seas and Yankee Gunboats: a Blockade Running Adventure from the Diary of James Dickson. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, c2005. F867.3 D554d Horner, Dave. The Blockade-Runners; True Tales of Running the Yankee Blockade of the Confederate Coast. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1968. F834 H816b Vandiver, Frank Everson. Confederate Blockade Running Through Bermuda, 1861-1865: Letters and Cargo Manifests. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1947. F834 V245c Willis, Mary Alice. The Confederate Blockade of Washington, D. C., 1861-1862. Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Print Company, 1975. F859 W31 W471c C.S.S. Shenandoah Horn, Stanley Firzgerald. Gallant Rebel, the Fabulous Cruise of the C.S.S. Shenandoah. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1947. F834z H813g Morgan, Murray. Dixie Raider, the Saga of the C.S.S. Shenandoah. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1948. F834z M849d Schooler, Lynn. The Last Shot: the Incredible Story of the CS.S. Shenandoah and the True Conclusion of the American Civil War. New York: Ecco, 2005. F834z S372L Whittle, William. The Voyage of the CSS Shenandoah: a Memorable Cruise. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2005. F8341z W627v U.S.S. Monitor Bradley, Chester D. President Lincoln's Campaign Against the Merrimac. Fort Monroe, Virginia: Fort Monroe Casemate Museum, 1958. L2 B8105p Linolniana Collection De Kay, James T. Monitor: the Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History. New York: Walker, 1997. UN83 D328m Holzer, Harold and Tim Mulligan, editors. The Battle of Hampton Roads: New Perspectives on the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. New York: Fordham University Press, 2006. F8347 H23 B3365 Keeler, William Frederick and Daly, Robert W., editor. Aboard the USS Monitor: 1862; the Letters of Acting Paymaster William Frederick Keeler, U.S. Navy, to his wife, Anna. Annapolis, U.S. Naval Institute, 1964. F8341 K257a Still, William N. Jr. Ironclad Captains: the Commanding Officers of the USS Monitor. Washington, D.C.: Marine and Estuarine Management Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1988. UN83.3z M744s C.S.S. Virginia / U.S.S. Merrimack Brooke, John M., editor. Ironclads and Big Guns of the Confederacy: the Journal and Letters of John M. Brooke. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2002. F8341z B872i Mokin, Arthur. Ironclad: the Monitor and the Merrimack. Novato, California: Presidio, 1991. F8347 H23 M716i Nelson, James L. Reign of Iron: the Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack. New York: Perennial, 2005. F8347 H29 N427r 2005 Quarstein, John V. C.S.S. Virginia: Mistress of Hampton Roads. Appomattox, Virginia: H.E. Howard, c2000. F8347 H23 Q1c Worden, John Lorimer. The Monitor and the Merrimac; Both Sides of the Story, Told by Lieut. J.L. Worden, U.S.N., Lieut. Greene, U.S.N., of the Monitor, and H. Ashton Ramsay, C.S.N., Chief Engineer of the Merrimac. New York: Harper, 1912. F8347 H23 W924 Online Sources http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/index.html#anchor4162 http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/warfare-and-logistics/warfare/navy.html http://www.civilwarhome.com/navalwar.htm Compiled by Emily Scarbrough Reference Intern Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library 07/2012 .
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