Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Press
2008
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1047 Volltext |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index Preface; Abbreviations; Alabama; Arkansas; Atlantic Ocean; Azores; Bahamas; Bering Sea; Bermuda; Big Sandy River; Brazil; California; Canada; Caribbean Waters; Central America; China; Connecticut; East Indies; European Waters; Florida; Georgia; Gulf of Mexico; Illinois; Indiana; Indian Ocean; Kentucky; Lake Erie; Lake Huron; Lake Michigan; Lake Superior; Louisiana; Illustrations; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Mexico; Minnesota; Michigan; Mississippi; Mississippi River; Missouri River and Tributaries; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Ohio River; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania 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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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 231 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0807134244 9780807134245 |