Blue & Gray at Sea: Naval Memoirs of the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0765308967
- ISBN-13
- 9780765308962
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-12-01
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Brian M. Thomsen
Description
A collection of military memoirs includes Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War by Admiral Porter; Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan; and Autobiography of George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy by a lieutenant who served under Admiral David Farragut. Reprint.
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