The CSS Arkansas
Download or Read eBook The CSS Arkansas PDF written by Myron J. Smith, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Myron J. Smith, Jr. |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 361 |
| Release | : 2014-01-10 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780786484850 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0786484853 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The CSS Arkansas by : Myron J. Smith, Jr.
Book excerpt: While the Monitor and Merrimack are the most famous of the Civil War ironclads, the Confederacy had another ship in its flotilla that carried high hopes and a metal hull. The makeshift CSS Arkansas, completed by Lt. Isaac Newton Brown and manned by a mixed crew of volunteers, gave the South a surge of confidence when it launched in 1862. For 28 days of summer, the ship engaged in five battles with Union warships, falling victim in the end only to her own primitive engines. The saga of the CSS Arkansas represents the last significant Rebel naval activity in the war's Western theater.
