THE NAVY IN THE CIVIL WAR.
The work of the Navy in the Suppression of the Rebellion was certainly not less remarkable then that of the Army. The same forces which developed from our volunteers some of the finest bodies of soldiers in military history, were shown quite as wonderfully in the quick growth—almost creation—of a Navy, which was to cope, for the first time, with the problems of modern warfare. The facts that the Civil War was the first great conflict in which steam was the motive power of ships; that it was marked by the introduction of the ironclad; and that it saw, for the first time, the attempt to blockade such a vast length of hostile coast—will make it an epoch for the technical student everywhere. For Americans, whose traditions of powers at sea are among their strongest, this side of the four years struggle has an interest fully equal to the other—perhaps even with the added element of romance that always belongs to sea fighting.
But while the Army has been fortunate in the number and character of those who have contributed to its written history, the Navy has been comparatively without annalists. During a recent course of publications on the military operations of the war, the publishers were in constant receipt of letters pointing out this fact, and expressing the wish that a complete naval history of the four years might be written by competent hands. This testimony was hardly needed to suggest the want; but it was a strong encouragement to ask the co-operation of naval officers in supplying it. An effort made in this direction resulted in the cordial adoption and carrying out of plans by which Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons are enabled to publish a work of the highest authority and interest, covering this entire field, in the following three volumes, giving the whole narrative of Naval Operations from 1861 to 1865.
I.—The Blockade and the Cruisers.
By Professor J. Russell Soley, U.S. Navy.
II.—The Atlantic Coast.
By Rear-Admiral Daniel Ammen, U.S. Navy.
III.—The Gulf and Inland Waters.
By Commander A.T. Mahan, U.S. Navy.
The Volumes are uniform in size with the Series of "Campaigns of the Civil War," and contain maps and diagrams prepared under the direction of the authors.
Price per volume, $1.00.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, Publishers,
743 AND 745 Broadway, New York.
Messrs. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
publish, under the general title of
The CAMPAIGNS of the CIVIL WAR,
A Series of volumes, contributed by a number of leading actors in and students of the great conflict of 1861-'65, with a view to bringing together, for the first time, a full and authoritative military history of the suppression of the Rebellion.
The final and exhaustive form of this great narrative, in which every doubt shall be settled and every detail covered, may be a possibility only of the future. But it is a matter for surprise that twenty years after the beginning of the Rebellion, and when a whole generation has grown up needing such knowledge, there is no authority which is at the same time of the highest rank, intelligible and trustworthy, and to which a reader can turn for any general view of the field.
The many reports, regimental histories, memoirs, and other materials of value for special passages, require, for their intelligent reading, an ability to combine and proportion them which the ordinary reader does not possess. There have been no attempts at general histories which have supplied this satisfactorily to any large part of the public. Undoubtedly there has been no such narrative as would be especially welcome to men of the new generation, and would be valued by a very great class of readers;—and there has seemed to be great danger that the time would be allowed to pass when it would be possible to give to such a work the vividness and accuracy that come from personal recollection. These facts led to the conception of the present work.
From every department of the Government, from the officers of the army, and from a great number of custodians of records and special information everywhere, both authors and publishers have received every aid that could be asked in this undertaking; and in announcing the issue of the work the publishers take this occasion to convey the thanks which the authors have had individual opportunities to express elsewhere.
The volumes are duodecimos of about 250 pages each, illustrated by maps and plans prepared under the direction of the authors.
The price of each volume is $1.00.
The following volumes are now ready:
I.—The Outbreak of Rebellion. By John G. Nicolay, Esq., Private Secretary to President Lincoln; late Consul-General to France, etc.
A preliminary volume, describing the opening of the war, and covering the period from the election of Lincoln to the end of the first battle of Bull Run.
II.—From Fort Henry to Corinth. By the Hon. M.F. Force, Justice of the Superior Court, Cincinnati; late Brigadier-General and Bvt. Maj. Gen'l, U.S.V., commanding First Division, 17th Corps; in 1862, Lieut. Colonel of the 20th Ohio, commanding the regiment at Shiloh; Treasurer of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee.
The narrative of events in the West from the Summer of 1861 to May, 1862; covering the capture of Fts. Henry and Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, etc., etc.
III.—The Peninsula. By Alexander S. Webb, LL.D., President of the College of the City of New York: Assistant Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, 1861-'62; Inspector General Fifth Army Corps; General commanding 2d Div., 2d Corps; Major General Assigned, and Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac.
The history of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, from his appointment to the end of the Seven Days' Fight.
IV.—The Army under Pope. By John C. Ropes. Esq., of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Historical Society, etc.
From the appointment of Pope to command the Army of Virginia, to the appointment of McClellan to the general command in September, 1862.
V.—The Antietam and Fredericksburg. By Francis Winthrop Palfrey, Bvt. Brigadier Gen'l, U.S.V., and formerly Colonel 20th Mass. Infantry; Lieut. Col. of the 20th Massachusetts at the Battle of the Antietam; Member of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, of the Massachusetts Historical Society, etc.
From the appointment of McClellan to the general command, September, 1862, to the end of the battle of Fredericksburg.
VI.—Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. By Abner Doubleday, Bvt. Maj. Gen'l, U.S.A., and Maj. Gen'l, U.S.V.; commanding the First Corps at Gettysburg, etc.
From the appointment of Hooker, through the campaigns of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, to the retreat of Lee after the latter battle.
VII.—The Army of the Cumberland. By Henry M. Cist, Brevet Brig. Gen'l U.S.V.; A.A.G. on the staff of Major Gen'l Rosecrans, and afterwards on that of Major Gen'l Thomas; Corresponding Secretary of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland.
From the formation of the Army of the Cumberland to the end of the battles at Chattanooga, November, 1863.
VIII.—The Mississippi. By Francis Vinton Greene, Lieut. of Engineers, U.S. Army; late Military Attaché to the U.S. Legation in St. Petersburg; Author of "The Russian Army and its Campaigns in Turkey in 1877-78," and of "Army Life in Russia."
An account of the operations—especially at Vicksburg and Port Hudson—by which the Mississippi River and its shores were restored to the control of the Union.
IX.—Atlanta. By the Hon. Jacob D. Cox, Ex-Governor of Ohio; late Secretary of the Interior of the United States; Major General U.S.V., commanding Twenty-third Corps during the campaigns of Atlanta and the Carolinas, etc., etc.
From Sherman's first advance into Georgia in May, 1864, to the beginning of the March to the Sea.
X.—The March to the Sea—Franklin and Nashville. By the Hon. Jacob D. Cox.
From the beginning of the March to the Sea to the surrender of Johnston—including also the operations of Thomas in Tennessee.
XI.—The Shenandoah Valley in 1864. The Campaign of Sheridan. By George E. Pond, Esq., Associate Editor of the Army and Navy Journal.
XII.—The Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65. The Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James. By Andrew A. Humphreys, Brigadier General and Bvt. Major General, U.S.A.; late Chief of Engineers; Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac, 1863-64; commanding Second Corps, 1864-'65, etc., etc.
Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States. By Frederick Phisterer, late Captain U.S.A.
This Record includes the figures of the quotas and men actually furnished by all States; a list of all organizations mustered into the U.S. service; the strength of the army at various periods; its organization in armies, corps, etc.; the divisions of the country into departments, etc.; chronological list of all engagements, with the losses in each; tabulated statements of all losses in the war, with the causes of death, etc.; full lists of all general officers, and an immense amount of other valuable statistical matter relating to the War.
| The complete Set, thirteen volumes, in a box. Price, | $12.50 |
| Single volumes, | 1.00 |
The above books for sale by all booksellers, or will be sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, Publishers,
743 and 745 Broadway, New York.
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