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Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads

Autor Myron J. Smith
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 mai 2017
A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia. Often described as failures, these vessels were active in some of the most fer"documents the life and career of Joseph Brown, a miller and steamboat captain who built three ironclad gunboats for the US War Department"ocious river fighting of the 1863 Vicksburg campaign. After the war, "Captain Joe" became a railroad executive and was elected mayor of St. Louis. This book covers his life and career, as well as the construction and operational histories of his controversial trio of warships.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780786495764
ISBN-10: 0786495766
Pagini: 130
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: MCFARLAND & CO INC

Notă biografică

Prolific author Myron J. Smith, Jr., is emeritus library director and professor at Tusculum University, Greeneville, Tennessee.

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Well known in his time though now forgotten, Joseph Brown is a quintessential representative of mid-19th Century Midwestern economic and political success. This work is the first devoted to his life and career, as well as to the construction and operational histories of his trio of controversial warships.