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Craig L. Symonds

Craig L. Symonds taught history at the U.S. Naval Academy for thirty years. He is the author or editor of 22 books including Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History (Oxford, 2005), which won the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize, and Lincoln and his Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War (Oxford, 2008), which won the Barondess Prize, the Laney Prize, the Lyman Prize, and the Lincoln Prize for 2009.

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NAVAL INSTITUTE HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE U.S. NAVY
From the Battle of Flamborough Head during the American Revolution to the naval air wars over... Read More
CONFEDERATE ADMIRAL
Winner of the 1999 John Lyman Book Award (NASOH) for best biography, this vivid, well-paced study... Read More
Articles by this Author
Confluence of Careers Mobile Bay
David Glasgow Farragut and Franklin Buchanan each served for decades in the small antebellum U.S.... Read More
The Sumter Conundrum
On his first day in office, President Abraham Lincoln faced one of his most vexing problems:... Read More
The Navy's Evolutionary War
During the Civil War, the U.S. Navy harnessed revolutionary technologies and designs—and... Read More
Lincoln's "Father Neptune"
Noted for his eccentricities and blunt judgments, Gideon Welles proved to be a surprisingly adept... Read More
Author Events
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Naval History Symposium, U.S. Naval Academy Read More
Guest Lecturers
9:00am, "Civil War at Sea" Symposium, U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.,... Read More
 
 

Conferences and Events

2013 U.S. Naval History Conference

Thu, 2013-10-03

U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Hall

 

2014 WEST Conference

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