Civil War Commando: William Cushing and the Daring Raid to Sink the Ironclad CSS Albemarle

by Jerome Preisler

Book Overview

Civil War Ironclads and Commandos

Here at last is an action-packed portrait of one of America's greatest but little-remembered Civil War heroes, Commander William Barker Cushing, who sank the Confederate ironclad Albemarle in a spectacular mission in 1864.

Regarded as erratic and insubordinate, Midshipman Cushing was drummed out of the Naval Academy in March 1861. But with the outbreak of war, the Union needed every trained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621576795
• ISBN13: 9781621576792
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Regnery History
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"