Ships Versus Shore by Dave Page - 9781558538924

Name: Ships Versus Shore by Dave Page - 9781558538924
Brand: Dave Page

Dave Page

Ships Versus ShoreCivil War Engagements Along Southern Shores and Rivers\nAuthor(s): Dave Page\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers, United States\nImprint: Rutledge Hill Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781558538924, 978-1558538924\nSynopsis\nAt the beginning of the Civil War, Southern militias moved swiftly to secure the military assets within their borders. In several instances, the action required no more than demanding the key to the fort from a lone ordnance sergeant. By and large these seizures were peaceful, and in one case the militia even signed a receipt. Yet what had the South achieved? Most of these forts were little more than damp dungeons sheltering time-worn cannon, some of the War of 1812 and Mexican War vintage.\n\nForts are, by nature, defensive structures. Thus the South dug in and waited for the Northern invaders. And they came. But they came mostly by ship and, in the case of the inland waterways and rivers, by boat?gunboat. Although more Yankee sailors .