Ironclads At War The Origin And Development Of The Armored Battleship

by Greene, Jack; Massignani, Alessandro

• ISBN13: 9780938289586
• ISBN10: 0938289586
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-22
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

This detailed treatment of Civil War ironclads in the broader context of world naval developments has sparked a debate among U.S. Naval strategists. Many readers will learn for the first time of the influence on both Union and Confederate observers of Crimean War and other European armor, and learn the subsequent history of many Civil War naval vessels that later saw action in Peru, Paraguay, and Japan.

Author Biography

Jack Greene is the author of four previous books and has contributed articles on a wide range of naval and military subjects. He lives in Los Osos, California. Alessandro Massignani is a specialist in Italian naval history and the author of numerous books in Italian.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(3)
Warship Types	12	(3)
I The First Modern Ironclads	15	(26)
A New Age	15	(5)
The Crimean War	20	(2)
The Battle of Kinburn	22	(9)
A Seagoing Ironclad	31	(10)
II The Monitor and the Merrimack	41	(52)
Building the CSN	42	(8)
The Building of the Rivals	50	(11)
The Battle	61	(11)
The Action of 9 March 1862	72	(7)
Reaction	79	(14)
III The Fall of New Orleans	93	(30)
The Confederate Shipbuilding Effort at New Orleans	95	(5)
The Passing of the Forts	100	(23)
IV The Struggle for Charleston	123	(36)
The First Attack on Charleston	134	(10)
The Capture of the CSS Atlanta	144	(1)
The Second Assault	145	(14)
V Mobile and Wilmington: The Closing of the Major Confederate Ports	159	(36)
The Saga of the Albemarle
Fort Fisher
The End of the First Modern War
VI The German and Italian Wars of Unification	195	(68)
The Schleswig-Holstein War of 1864: Tegetthoff Becomes a Hero	196	(15)
The Seven Weeks War: The Austrian and Italian Fleets Encounter in the Adriatic	211	(30)
The Franco-Prussian War	241	(22)
VII South America's Pacific Coast Wars and the Spanish Cartagena Revolt	263	(68)
The Cartagena Revolt	278	(3)
The Huascar Incident, 1877	281	(14)
The War of the Pacific	295	(23)
The Chilean Civil War	318	(13)
VIII Ironclads at War Around the World	331	(66)
The Despot Lopez and the War of the Triple Alliance	332	(13)
The Stonewall and Japan's Civil War	345	(4)
The Russo-Turkish War	349	(23)
The Bombardment of Sfax and Alexandria	372	(4)
The Franco-Chinese War of 1884-85	376	(6)
The End of the Ironclad	382	(15)
Glossary of Selected Terms	397	(6)
Bibliography	403	(10)
General Index	413	(3)
Index of Ships	416