Jim Stempel is an authority of the Eastern campaigns of the American Civil War. His articles on psychology, human development, and warfare have also appeared in the New Times, Concepts In Human Development, and North & South. He lives in western Maryland.

Table of Contents

Preface

Prologue

[...] Mosquito Fleet

2.A Close One, Sir

[...] Are About to Build a Large Number of Gun Boats

[...] Fought as Gallantly as That

[...] Want of This Iron Our Work Has Been Going Backward

[...] Wharf, Wrong Boat

[...] High Favor

[...] a Corneld at Edward's Ferry

9.A Presidential Compliment

10.Magnicent, Grim, Irresistible

[...] Good Ship Albemarle

12.Shokokon to Monticello

13.Winter Offensive

[...] Essence of Impudence

[...] Ahead, Full

16.Plymouth Is Ours

17.Heaven Has Crowned Our Efforts with Success

18.A Terric Grand Waltz

[...] Miles from Wilmington

20.Captain Cushing's Exploits in the Cape Fear River

21.Captain Cooke

[...] against Goliath

[...] Prevent an Impending Calamity

[...] the Boats On

25.I Have Undertaken a Great Project

[...] Must Not Hope to Return

[...] Your Men

[...] Example of Coolness and Skill

[...] Fixed Determination to Escape

[...] More Gallant Thing

[...] Gone Sunk

[...] Is Done

[...] Ship

34.Thanks of Congress

[...] Cost of the Nation's Unity

[...] to the Facts

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index