naval operations, confederate

Relates selected exploits chosen from the four years of the Civil War that illustrate the Confederate Navy's activities as a whole, with quotes from the writings of participants in the events.

Examines the key role the C.S.S. Shenandoah played in the American Civil War, describing how the raider ship attempted to destroy the whaling fleets of New England in an effort to destroy the Union's economic strength.

An account of Confederate naval operations during the Civil War, focusing on the South's ironclads, commerce raiders, torpedoes, and mines, and discussing how the agricultural region with almost no industry was able to build a force that successfully challenged the Union.