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Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads
- The USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia
Engelsk Paperback
Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads
- The USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia
Engelsk Paperback

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A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia. Often described as failures, these vessels were active in some of the most fer"documents the life and career of Joseph Brown, a miller and steamboat captain who built three ironclad gunboats for the US War Department"ocious river fighting of the 1863 Vicksburg campaign. After the war, "Captain Joe" became a railroad executive and was elected mayor of St. Louis. This book covers his life and career, as well as the construction and operational histories of his controversial trio of warships.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
396
ISBN-13:
9780786495764
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786495766
Udg. Dato:
30 maj 2017
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
253mm
Højde:
177mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
30 maj 2017
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