Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic: First Naval Actions of the Civil War

Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic: First Naval Actions of the Civil War     Synopsis: Historian Jack D Coombe, author of the critically acclaimed THUNDER ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI and GUNFIRE AROUND THE GULF, combines brilliant research with a novelist's flair for re-creation to put us directly into the action of the Civil War on river, on shore, and at sea. In this vivid account, we experience the soul-gnawing terror of a bombardment, the claustrophobic confines of a still-unproven submarine, and the smoke-choked chaos of a harbor in the grips of a full-bore naval engagement between two desperate enemies. Coombe focuses on the Civil War as it was fought along the Atlantic coast, a fierce contest of blockaders and blockade-runners, ironclads, wood-hulled battleships, land cannon, submarines, and the first underwater antiship weapons....GUNSMOKE OVER THE ATLANTIC chronicles the key engagements, from the Monitor and the Virginia dueling at Hampton Roads to the ill-fated campaign against Fort Fisher. Along the way, we meet a remarkable cast of naval strategists and warriors on both sides of the battle, witness the crucial, often deadly role played by the weather and the sea itself, and get a vivid view of such important events as the first amphibious landing in history, at Cape Hatteras in 1861.     Please Note: These are closeout books.  They might have scuffs and scratches but lets get realistic they are meant to be read!