Название: The USS Tecumseh in Mobile Bay: The Sinking of a Civil War Ironclad (Civil War Series)
Автор: David Smithweck
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 154025013X
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 162
Размер: 14,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
In April 1861, Lincoln declared a blockade on Southern ports. It was only a matter of time before the Union navy would pay a visit to the bustling Confederate harbor in Mobile Bay. Engineers built elaborate obstructions and batteries, and three rows of torpedoes were laid from Fort Morgan to Fort Gaines. Then, in August 1864, the inevitable came.