Navy History and Tradition #[1861-1865]

(1961)

Sea Ports: Key to Victory (Table of Contents: 1)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Keywords

American Civil War; map; navy

Indexer Notes

Map, with explanation of Civil War naval strategy.

Background to Seawarfare 1861 (Table of Contents: 2)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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non-fiction; war

Characters

Abraham Lincoln; Gideon Welles; Stephen Mallory; Robert E. Lee; Ben Isherwood; Hiram Paulding; U.S. sailors; Confederate militia

Synopsis

The Civil War finds both sides unready for naval warfare. The Confederacy seizes several forts, and the U.S. has to scuttle numerous ships to keep them out of Confederate hands. The U.S., though, has far more industrial capacity. They build ships quickly, and plan a strategy of blockading and seizing Confederate ports.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy

Potomac Curtain Raiser (Table of Contents: 3)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

Hiram Paulding; James H. Ward; John Williams

Synopsis

U.S. naval vessels unsuccessfully try shellfire and amphibious assault to capture Confederate cannon overlooking the Potomac River. Commander Ward is the first U.S. naval officer to open fire in the Civil War, and the first to die. Seaman John Williams is one of the first to receive the Medal of Honor.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy; Virginia

Thunder on the Seaboard: Navy vs. Hatteras and Port Royal (Table of Contents: 4)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

James D. Bulloch; Abraham Lincoln; Gideon Welles; Silas Stringham; Samuel F. DuPont

Synopsis

The U.S. suffers a series of embarrassing naval defeats. But Welles finds the leaders to capture key ports in North and South Carolina.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy; North Carolina; South Carolina

Transatlantic Storm: The Trent Affair (Table of Contents: 5)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

Charles Wilkes; James M. Mason; John Slidell; Abraham Lincoln; Viscount Palmerston; Queen Victoria

Synopsis

Commander Wilkes intemperately grabs two Confederate envoys from a British mail packet. Hotheads in Britain and America scream for war, but Lincoln releases the envoys and Queen Victoria forbids hostilities.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy; president

War on the "Catfish Front" (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

John Rodgers; Andrew H. Foote; Ulysses S. Grant; Henry Walke; Union troops; Confederate troops; Union sailors

Synopsis

Rodgers and Foote oversee creation of an ironclad gunboat fleet on inland waters. Foote coordinates with Grant on combined operations that free much of Kentucky and Tennessee, and especially the line of the Mississippi River.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy

Monitor and Merrimack: Ironclad Showdown (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

Abraham Lincoln; Edward Stanton; Gideon Welles; John L. Worden

Synopsis

Confederate ironclad Virginia (rebuilt and renamed from the scuttled U.S.S. Merrimack) wrecks three wooden warships in a single action. Union ironclad monitor drives her off the next day, and the ship is eventually scuttled to avoid recapture.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy

Battle of New Orleans (Table of Contents: 8)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

David Farragut; Judah P. Benjamin; David Dixon Porter

Synopsis

Farragut, with support from Porter, runs the Mississippi forts, breaks an anti-shipping boom, and wrecks the Confederate squadron. At a cost of just 40 men, Farragut captures New Orleans with all its wealth, and closes the Mississippi as a Confederate outlet.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy; New Orleans

Mississippi Slug-Fest (Table of Contents: 9)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

C. H. Davis; J. E. Montgomery; Charles Ellet; David Farragut; John Rodgers

Synopsis

Farragut, David, and Ellet clear most of the Mississippi, but cannot take or break Vicksburg. In Virginia, Rodgers is unable to subdue Richmond with naval forces, but does rescue the Union army.

Keywords

American Civil War; Mississippi River; navy; Virginia

Winning the Mississippi (Table of Contents: 10)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

David Dixon Porter; Ulysses S. Grant; David Farragut; John C. Pemberton; Union troops; Confederate troops; Union sailors

Synopsis

Repeated Union attempts to break the stalemate at Vicksburg fail. Finally Porter runs his boats past Vicksburg through a gauntlet of heavy fire, then ferries Grant's troops unmolested across the river. Vicksburg falls on the Fourth of July.

Keywords

American Civil War; American Independence Day; Fourth of July; Mississippi; navy

Anvil Defies Hammer (Table of Contents: 11)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

John L. Worden; Samuel F. DuPont; Duncan Ingraham; H. L. Hunley

Synopsis

Obsessed by Charleston's symbolic position as birthplace of the Confederacy, Union leaders order repeated naval attacks on the city. All are repulsed, and the Confederates even send submersibles into battle.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy; South Carolina; submarine

Navy in Wild West (Table of Contents: 12)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

David Dixon Porter; Nathaniel P. Banks; Joseph Bailey

Synopsis

The Red River expedition turns into a fiasco, with Porter and Bailey only just managing to save the fleet.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy

High Seas Warfare: Rebel Raiders vs. Union Cruisers (Table of Contents: 13)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

Raphael Semmes; John Winslow; Napoleon Collins

Synopsis

Confederate high-seas raiders sink many U.S. merchant vessels, but the U.S. navy sinks most of them in the end.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy

Farragut at Mobile: August 1864 (Table of Contents: 14)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

David Farragut; Franklin Buchanan

Synopsis

Farragut runs forts and a minefield, beating down the Confederate squadron to capture Mobile, the last major port on the Gulf of Mexico.

Keywords

Alabama; American Civil War; navy

Fort Fisher Knock-Out: Fatal Blow to Lee (Table of Contents: 15)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

William Cushing; David Dixon Porter; William Lamb; U.S. sailors

Synopsis

By amassing huge amounts of firepower, the navy seals off Wilmington as a Confederate seaport. The navy has met all its strategic goals, and has turned the tide of war in the Union favor.

Keywords

American Civil War; navy; North Carolina

Sea Power: Chain of Victory (Table of Contents: 16)

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Script

Theodore Roscoe

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]

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Genre

non-fiction; war

Keywords

American Civil War; map; navy

Indexer Notes

Companion to the map in Sequence 1, showing U.S. navy positions and successes by the end of the war.