Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks /
On the evening of February 2, 1864, Confederate Commander John Taylor Wood led 250 sailors in two launches and twelve boats to capture the USS Underwriter, a side-wheel steam gunboat anchored on the Neuse River near New Bern, North Carolina. During the ensuing fifteen-minute battle, nine Union crewm...
| Основен автор: | Gaines, W. Craig, 1953- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
2008.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=236991 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks. |
| Резюме: |
On the evening of February 2, 1864, Confederate Commander John Taylor Wood led 250 sailors in two launches and twelve boats to capture the USS Underwriter, a side-wheel steam gunboat anchored on the Neuse River near New Bern, North Carolina. During the ensuing fifteen-minute battle, nine Union crewmen lost their lives, twenty were wounded, and twenty-six fell into enemy hands. Six Confederates were captured and several wounded as they stripped the vessel, set it ablaze, and blew it up while under fire from Union-held Fort Anderson. The thrilling story of USS Underwriter is one of many involvin. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807134245 0807134244 0807132748 9780807132746 |