The USS Carondelet: A Civil War Ironclad on Western Waters

by Myron J. Smith Jr. and Myron J. Smith

Book Overview

The USS Carondelet had a revolutionary ship design and was the most active of all the Union's Civil War river ironclads. From Fort Henry through the siege of Vicksburg and from the Red River campaign through the Battle of Nashville, the gunboat was prominent in war legend and literature. This history draws on the letters of Ensign Scott Dyer Jordan and Rear Adm. Henry Walke's memoirs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786445246
• ISBN13: 9780786445240
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher