Table of Contents

* The Men and the Tools * Opening Moves * The Offensive Begins * The Birth of Joint Action * Monitor and Merrimack * The Mississippi Valley, September 1861-February 1862 * The Middle Mississippi, March-June 1862 * New Orleans * Operations in the Mississippi, July 1862-July 1863 * Charleston * Foreign Affairs * The Confederate Cruisers * The Union Blockade * Mobile Bay * Operations on the Western Rivers, July 1863-December 1864 * Virginia and Carolina Waters, 1863-65 * Conclusion

About the Author

Rear Admiral Bern Anderson (U.S. Navy, retired) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1900, attended the United States Naval Academy, and became a commissioned officer in 1920. From 1952 to 1960, he was technical adviser and assistant to Samuel Eliot Morison in the preparation of the 14-volume History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. He is the author of Surveyor of the Sea: The Life and Voyages of Captain George Vancouver, published in 1960.