Examines naval logistics, tactics, and strategy employed by the Union blockade off the Atlantic coast of the Confederacy.
IllustrationsPrefaceHad Failure been Possible: The Navy's Response to WarGlory again to our Arms: The Capture of Eastern North CarolinaRichmond is a Hard Road to Travel: The Peninsular CampaignWe have no use for the River: The Navy in the Eastern TheaterThe Enemy are … within the Ring Stalemate in North CarolinaUncle Sam's Web Feet: Operations in the Interior WatersResults go far Different from those Desired: Acquiring and Maintaining the FleetNo Chance for Manavelins: Supplying the SquadronEconomize Fuel all you can: Coaling the GunboatsTo make Bricks without Straw: Men and the NavyWe are all Anxious to make the Blockade Efficient: The Coastal BlockadeIshmaelites upon the Broad Ocean: The Blockade RunnersWe are Looking for old Abe's Fleet: The Capture of WilmingtonWeary of the War: ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
Robert M. Browning Jr. is Chief Historian of the United States Coast Guard and author of Success Is All that Was Expected: The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War.
"[This book] gives us the facts of creating a squadron; of conducting operations on small, inland waterways; of blockading the coast and controlling internal trade; of cooperating with the army in joint expeditions; and of supplying both army and navy in its area."
