The Devil's Own Purgatory

The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War

Robert H. Gudmestad (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2025
Louisiana State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-8491-2 (ISBN)

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The Devil's Own Purgatory is the first complete history of the Union navy's Mississippi Squadron, a fleet that prowled the Mississippi River and its tributaries during the American Civil War. The squadron battered Confederate forts, participated in combined operations with the army, obliterated the Confederate fleet, protected Union supply lines, fought a river-based counterinsurgency war, raided plantations, and facilitated the freedom of thousands of enslaved people.

Robert Gudmestad is professor of history at Colorado State University. He is the author of A Troublesome Commerce: The Transformation of the Interstate Slave Trade and Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom.

Erscheinungsdatum	17.10.2025
Reihe/Serie	Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): T. Michael Parrish
Zusatzinfo	11 halftones, 3 maps
Verlagsort	Baton Rouge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-8071-8491-8 / 0807184918
ISBN-13	978-0-8071-8491-2 / 9780807184912
Zustand	Neuware