Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War

Author: Eric Mills

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A rich panorama of fascinating Civil War history, this is the story of gunboats and smugglers, privateers and street-brawlersthe chronicle of mighty armies and ironclads, shoreline artillery and tidewater guerillas, blockade-running oystermen, and the unsung sailors of the Potomac Flotilla. This is the story of the Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War.

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A rich panorama of fascinating Civil War history, this is the story of gunboats and smugglers, privateers and street-brawlers-the chronicle of mighty armies and ironclads, shoreline artillery and tidewater guerillas, blockade-running oystermen, and the unsung sailors of the Potomac Flotilla. This is the story of the Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War.

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Eric L. Mills is a professor emeritus in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University and former director of the History of Science andTechnology Program at the University of King's College. He is the winner of the Jehuda Neumann Memorial Prize for the History of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the Royal Meteorological Society.

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A rich panorama of fascinating Civil War history, this is the story of gunboats and smugglers, privateers and street-brawlers--the chronicle of mighty armies and ironclads, shoreline artillery and tidewater guerillas, blockade-running oystermen, and the unsung sailors of the Potomac Flotilla. This is the story of the Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War.