J Thomas Scharf First Edition 1887 History Of The Confederate States Navy HC
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Hardcover. 8vo. Rogers & Sherwood, New York. 1887. 824 pgs. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, in text illustrations, portraits, plates, plans. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in paper covered cloth boards with paper titles present to the spine. Boards have heavy wear present to the extremities of the boards (edges are chipped and worn). Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding is fragile with with boards hanging ...on. "The best on its subject in spite of the inclusion of some unevaluated or conflicting opinions by participants. Scharf's history of the Confederate Navy has been around a long time. It is still unsurpassed in its wealth of information.The Navy of the Confederate States (CSN) was the naval branch of the Confederate States Armed Forces, established by an act of the Confederate States Congress on February 21, 1861. It was responsible for Confederate naval operations during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the Union Navy / United States Navy. The three major tasks of the Confederate States Navy during the whole of its existence were the protection of Confederate harbors and coastlines from outside invasion, making the war costly for the U.S. by attacking American / Northern merchant ships worldwide, and running the U.S. blockade by drawing off U.S. Navy ships in pursuit of the Confederate commerce raiders and few warships. J Thomas Scharf First Edition 1887 History of the Confederate States Navy HC
