In this admirably written, well researched study, McPherson examines not only the war’s famous naval engagements, but lesser-known operations along the Atlantic coast and inland waters. Yet, as McPherson cogently argues, navies played a crucial role in the Civil War. Union and Confederate navies have been the subject of several recent studies, but in general historians have devoted far less attention to naval forces than on land based military operations in that conflict.
War on the Waters: The Union & Confederate Navies, 1861-1865, is a comprehensive account of naval operations during the American Civil War by prize-winning historian James McPherson.
University of North Carolina Press, 2012. This definitive record of Civil War ships updates the author's previous work and will find a lasting place among naval reference works.War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 by James M. 140 photographs, including one of the Confederate cruiser Alabama recently uncovered by the author further contribute to this indispensable volume. The author provides historical details that include actions fought, damage sustained, prizes taken, ships sunk, and dates in and out of commission as well as information about when the ship left the Navy, names used in other services, and its ultimate fate. Each ship's size and time and place of construction are listed along with particulars of naval service. Civil War Warships provides a wealth and variety of material not found in other books on the subject and will save the reader the effort needed to track down information in multiple sources.
Navy and Confederate Navy during the Civil War and the years immediately following - a significant period in the evolution of warships, the use of steam propulsion, and the development of ordnance. This valuable reference lists the ships of the U.S. Civil War Warships, 1855-1883 is the second in the five-volume US Navy Warships encyclopedia set.
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