Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy

by Roswell Hawks Lamson

Book Overview

Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final exam while at sea during the war), he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank in the service, climaxed by his captaincy of the navy's fastest ship in 1864, USS Gettysburg. Now, in Lamson of the Gettysburg, we have the war-time letters of this striking naval figure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195116984
• ISBN13: 9780195116984
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.8"