[PDF.87lc] Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)

Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)

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 | #2541428 in Books |  University of Virginia Press |  2005-06-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.54 x.99 x6.50l,1.37 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Much More Than a Great Biography|By Steven Knott|For those of you who eagerly await the one book on Civil War naval history for every fifty released concerning the land war, you will not be disappointed. Not only is this book an exceptional biography of Admiral Du Pont, but it also provides a thorough look at the Navy during the service's formative years prior to the Civil War| |"From the age of eleven. Samuel Francis Du Pont served nearly half a century in the U.S. Navy and became one of the nation's first admiral. Yet he will forever be remembered as the man who failed to capture Charleston during the Civil War, a failure for which

Once revered as one of the finest officers in the U.S. Navy, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont is now, when remembered at all, criticized for resisting technological advancement and for half-heartedly leading the disastrous all-ironclad Union naval attack on Charleston. Although his reputation appeared unshakable after he won the first major Union victory of the Civil War in South Carolina, the failed attack on Charleston brought his career to an abrupt end. Relieve...

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