USS Carondelet

Prolific author Myron J. Smith, Jr., is emeritus library director and professor at Tusculum University, Greeneville, Tennessee.

“lively reading...the most thorough study of a Union ironclad that plied the Mississippi, Tennessee, Cumberland, and Red Rivers...highly recommended”—Choice; “If it sailed on the brown water of America’s Western rives during the Civil War and flew the Stars and Stripes of the Union Navy, Myron Smith more than likely knows about it”—America’s Civil War; “anyone who has an interest in the western theater of the Civil War would do well to add this volume to their bookshelf. It is an excellent history of one of the most successful ironclads in the Union Navy”—Nautical Research Journal; “Smith has carved out a niche for himself as the author of books treating the ships of the U.S. Navy on Western waters during the Civil War”—North & South; “worthwhile”—United States Naval Institute; “thoroughly researched...clearly written...a must-buy”—Civil War News; “wow!”—The Lone Star.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      viiiForeword by W. Douglas Bell      Preface      1. Planning the Western Ironclads      2. The Building of the Carondelet and the City Series Gunboats      3. Life Aboard the Carondelet      4. Fort Henry      5. Fort Donelson      6. Island No. 10      7. Fort Pillow and Memphis      8. The Arkansas      9. Transition, January–March 1863      10. Vicksburg      11. From Vicksburg to Red River      12. Nashville      13. War’s End      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index