Union Combined Operations in the Civil War

Despite a wealth of books on the campaigns of the American Civil War, the subject of combined or joint operations has been largely neglected. This revealing book offers ten case studies of combined Army-Navy operations by Union forces. Presented in chronological order, each essay illuminates an aspe...

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Main Author Symonds, Craig
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bronx Fordham University Press 2010
Edition1
Subjects
19th century
Army
Campaigns
Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Civil War, 1861-1865
Combined operations (Military science)
Generals
HISTORY
Military
Naval
United States
United States. Army
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Summary:Despite a wealth of books on the campaigns of the American Civil War, the subject of combined or joint operations has been largely neglected. This revealing book offers ten case studies of combined Army-Navy operations by Union forces. Presented in chronological order, each essay illuminates an aspect of combined operations during a time of changing technology and doctrine.The essays cover the war along the rebel coast,including the operations in the North Carolina Sounds in 1861, the Union thrusts up the York and James rivers during the Peninsular Campaign in 1862 and 1864, and the various Union efforts to seize rebel seaports from the Texas coast to Charleston and Wilmington in 1863-65. Concluding the volume are two essays that evaluate the impact of Union combined operations onsubsequent doctrine in both the United States and England.
ISBN:9780823232864
0823232867
DOI:10.5422/fso/9780823232864.001.0001