Civil War Marine: A Diary of The Red River Expedition, 1864

by Edward F. Keuchel and James P. Jones

This is the journal of a Civil War Marine Officer, Frank L. Church. A career officer, Church maintained a personal journal through most of the Red River Expedition of 1864. The Red River was a major trouble spot for the Federal river forces in the west, and during the expedition of 1864, Church commanded the Marine guard on the U.S. Steamer Black Hawk, Admiral David Dixon Porter's flagship of the Mississippi Squadron, and the Cricket, a tinclad, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410203808
• ISBN13: 9781410203809
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"