Shipped by rail with several other POWs across Russia, Killinger was determined to return home. In order to do this, though ...
Every aspect of the common sailor's life in the Union navy—from recruiting, clothing, training, shipboard routine, entertainment, and wages to diet, health, and combat experience—is addressed in this study, the first to examine the subject in rich detail. The wealth of new facts it provides allows the reader to take a fresh look at nineteenth-century social history, including issues like ...
This edition will have a new Introduction by Robert W. Love, author of History of the U.S. Navy: Volume I, 1775-1941 ...
This volume has a new introduction by Vincent P. O'Hara, author of Struggle for the Middle Sea