262 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AMPHIBIOUS TACTICS

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Fully illustrated, this study investigates the amphibious tactics and technologies adopted by the Union forces during the Civil War, and the units raised and equipped to conduct combined operations. Explains how the growing effectiveness of the Union Navy, the willingness of the Union Army to countenance combined operations, and the efforts of officers such as Ambrose Burnside, David Farragut, and John Dahlgren, ensured that amphibious warfare played a key part in the defeat of the South. Contains 8 color artwork plates, as well as black and white and color photographs and illustrations.