American Civil War Amphibious Tactics

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American Civil War Amphibious Tactics

Description

Reveals the tactics, technologies, and specially raised units at the heart of the Union's conduct of combined operations in the American Civil War.


During the Civil War, as well as confronting the Confederates on land, the Union forces mounted several ambitious amphibious operations, both on the coast and along the banks of the great rivers. In this book, renowned historian Ron Field explains how the growing effectiveness of the Union Navy, the willingness of the Union Army to countenance combined operations, and the efforts of officers such as Ambrose Burnside, David Farragut, and John Dahlgren, ensured that amphibious warfare played a key part in the defeat of the South.


In May 1862, foreshadowed by the capture of Roanoke Island and New Bern in North Carolina and Island Number Ten on the Mississippi River, the Union forces' use of combined operations to seize New Orleans dealt a major blow to the Confederacy. The potential of amphibious warfare was revealed by the Union efforts to capture Fort Fisher in North Carolina. While the initial attempt failed in December 1864, a renewed effort in January 1865 resulted in a Union victory. Fully illustrated, this study investigates the amphibious tactics and technologies adopted by the Union forces during the Civil War, and the units raised and equipped to conduct combined operations.

Table of Contents

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Introduction
Hatteras Inlet, August 28–29, 1861
Roanoke Island, February 7–8, 1862
New Bern, March 11–14, 1862
1st New York Marine Artillery, February 1862–March 1863
Naval Battalion, 13th New York Heavy Artillery, May 1863–October 1864
Mississippi Marine Brigade, November 1862–August 1864
Navy Fleet Brigade, July 1863–December 1864
Fort Fisher, December 23, 1864–January 15, 1865
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Jun 19 2025
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781472863140
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 8 colour artwork plates; black & white and colour photographs and illustrations.
Series Elite
Short code ELI 262
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Ron Field

Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged exper…

Illustrator

Steve Noon

Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art…

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