Confederate Admiral: The Life and Wars of Franklin Buchanan

by Craig L. Symonds

Book Overview

A leading historian of both the American Civil War and American naval history takes a fresh look at Franklin Buchanan, the U.S. Naval Academy's first superintendent who went on to become the Confederate Navy's first admiral. Buchanan's resignation from the U.S. Navy in April 1861 as the nation teetered on the brink of Civil War is one of the many dramatic episodes in this revealing biography. Convinced that his native state of Maryland was about to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591148464
• ISBN13: 9781591148463
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"