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Iron Maidens and the Devil's Daughters: US Navy Gunboats versus Confederate Gunners and Cavalry on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, 1861-65

Iron Maidens and the Devil's Daughters: US Navy Gunboats versus Confederate Gunners and Cavalry on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, 1861-65 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark ZimmermanPublish date:2019-09-15Pages:186
Language:EnglishPublisher:Zimco Publications LLCISBN-13:9780985869250ISBN-10:985869259UPC:9780985869250Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), NavalSize:11.00 x 8.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.9811Product ID:SCSTC8VAQ1

Gunboats versus cavalry? Preposterous Not so fast. This unique form of Civil War combat is covered extensively for the first time in Iron Maidens and the Devil's Daughters by Mark Zimmerman, author of Guide to Civil War Nashville. Through the use of period photographs and more than a dozen original battle maps, the author details the clashes between Federal gunboats, including ironclads, and Confederate cavalry on the twin rivers of invasion into the heartland. Explore the US river gunboat flotilla (its creation, its commanders, its vessels) and subsequent joint navy-army invasion of Middle Tennessee up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Chapters cover the naval battles at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and the remarkable and daring Phelps Raid; the capture of Clarksville and Nashville; the little-known first battle of Shiloh; the strange Duck River Affair; Federal counterinsurgency measures; convoy operations; and the brilliant raids of 1864 by Nathan Bedford Forrest, including Eastport, Paris Landing, Reynoldsburg Island, Johnsonville, and Bell's Bend. The 176-page paperback features artwork by John Paul Strain and Andy Thomas, and a special section devoted to the USS Cairo ironclad gunboat. Especially noteworthy are the building and operations of the river fleet--timberclads, ironclads, tinclads, and river monitors. From the groundwork laid by Rodgers and Eads, to the amphibious operations of Grant and Foote, the raids by Phelps, the tinclad mosquito fleet of Fitch, to the Confederate warfare waged by Forrest, Kelley, and Wheeler, and the guerilla operations of McCann, Woodward, and Hinson, Iron Maidens and the Devil's Daughters explores these little-known fierce battles and skirmishes between Federal naval forces and the pride of Southern mounted infantry.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Zimco Publications LLCISBN-13:9780985869250ISBN-10:985869259UPC:9780985869250Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), NavalSize:11.00 x 8.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.9811Product ID:SCSTC8VAQ1
Zimmerman, Mark: - Mark Zimmerman is a retired newspaperman and publications manager who resides in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to operating Zimco Publications LLC, he is a member of the American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, Nashville Civil War Roundtable, Save the Franklin Battlefield, Civil War Fortification Study Group, and other historical preservation groups. As a newspaperman, Zimmerman worked for the Nashville Banner, The Oak Ridger, the Hendersonville Star-News, the Gallatin News-Examiner, and The Chronicle of Mt. Juliet and West Wilson County, which he co-founded and served as editor. He also worked for Third Coast Publications as Managing Editor and for Athlon Publications. He enjoys traveling to historic sites and museums, a good joke, and collecting books and old bottles of whiskey. More information available at www.zimcopubs.com.
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