Rebel Reefers The Organization And Midshipmen Of The Confederate States Naval Academy

by Conrad, James Lee

• ISBN13: 9780306812378
• ISBN10: 0306812371
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-04
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

The Confederacy's only national naval academy was anchored in Virginia's James River aboard the CSS Patrick Henry. While their Union counterparts at the U.S. Naval Academy studied at a safe distance from the war, the midshipmen of the Confederate States Naval Academy were sent on active duty to defend the South's waterways. Using original Confederate documents and many previously unpublished letters and diaries, James Lee Conrad has compiled a fresh and scholarly study of a neglected subject.

Author Biography

James Lee Conrad is a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Advocate General's Department. He has spent a lifetime studying Confederate naval history and is the author of a previous book on Confederate military institutions. He lives in Ohio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
"The Proper Education of Naval Officers"	p. 1
"A Floating Academy"	p. 11
"The Best Place for a Young Man Is at Sea"	p. 35
The Exhibition of "Good Discipline, Conduct, and Courage"	p. 57
Watchword: "Guard the Treasure"	p. 81
"A Most Realistic War College"	p. 103
List of Midshipmen of the Confederate States Naval Academy, July 1863 to April 1865	p. 111
Regulations for the Confederate States School-Ship	p. 119
Regulations for the Interior Police of the Confederate States School-Ship	p. 149
Notes	p. 163
Glossary of Naval Terms	p. 193
Bibliography	p. 199
Index	p. 207
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