Union Combined Operations in the Civil War

Contents

Contents List of Figures vii List of Abbreviations Used in the Notes ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction, Craig L. Symonds 兩 1 1 Burnside When He Was Brilliant: Ambrose Burnside and Union Combined Operations in Pamlico Sound, David E. Long 兩 10 2 A Thorn, Not a Dagger: Strategic Implications of Ambrose Burnside’s North Carolina Campaign, David C. Skaggs 兩 23 3 ‘‘Very Crude Notions on the Subject’’: William B. Franklin’s Amphibious Assault at Eltham’s Landing, Mark A. Snell 兩 32 4 The Union Attack at Drewry’s Bluff: An Opportunity Lost, Robert E. Sheridan 兩 44 5 Union Combined Operations on the Texas Coast, 1863–64, John P. Fisher 兩 56 6 Assailing Satan’s Kingdom: Union Combined Operations at Charleston, Francis J. DuCoin 兩 74 7 Grant Moves South: Combined Operations on the James River, 1864, Craig L. Symonds 兩 87 8 Closing Down the Kingdom: Union Combined Operations Against Wilmington, Chris E. Fonvielle Jr. 兩 96 vi Contents 9 ‘‘The Absence of Decisive Results’’: British Assessments of Union Combined Operations, Howard J. Fuller 兩 115 10 Union Combined Operations in the Civil War: Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten, Edward H. Wiser 兩 135 List of Contributors  Index  ...