Myron J. Smith

Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads

The USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia

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Produktbeschreibung

A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia. Often described as failures, these vessels were active in some of the most fer"documents the life and career of Joseph Brown, a miller and steamboat captain who built three ironclad gunboats for the US War Department"ocious river fighting of the 1863 Vicksburg campaign. After the war, "Captain Joe" became a railroad executive and was elected mayor of St. Louis. This book covers his life and career, as well as the construction and operational histories of his controversial trio of warships.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 742g
• ISBN-13: 9780786495764
• ISBN-10: 0786495766
• Artikelnr.: 45154819

Autorenporträt

Prolific author Myron J. Smith, Jr., is emeritus library director and professor at Tusculum University, Greeneville, Tennessee.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deleteix
Introduction
1-Joseph Brown: The Honorable Steamboat Captain
2-War and Gunboats
3-Building Capt. Brown's Ironclads
4-The Chillicothe Goes to War: Yazoo Pass and Red River
5-Indianola: The Shortest Cruise
6-Tuscumbia: The "Broad Giant" vs. Vicksburg
7-Joseph Brown, Enterpreneur and Mayor Again:
Life After Gunboats
Chapter Notes
Bibliogaphy
Index