American Civil War Marines 1861-65

by Ron Field, Richard Hook (Illustrator)

Overview

The part played in the Civil War by the small Marine Corps of the United and Confederate States is overshadowed by the confrontations of the great armies. Nevertheless, the coastal and riverine campaigns were of real importance, given the strategic significance of the Federal blockade of southern ports, and of the struggle for the Mississippi River. Marines wearing blue and grey fought in many dramatic actions afloat and ashore – ship-to-ship engagements, cutting-out expeditions, and coastal landings. This book offers a comprehensive summary of all such battles, illustrated with rare early photographs, and meticulously researched color plates detailing the often obscure minutiae of Marine uniforms and equipment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472805232
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	08/20/2013
Series:	Elite , #112
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Ron Field was Head of History at the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, until his retirement in 2007. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught History at Piedmont High School in California from 1982 to 1983. Ron was also associate editor of the Confederate Historical Society of Great Britain, from 1983 to 1992. He is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history, and was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, in 2005.

Richard Hook was born in 1938 and trained at Reigate College of Art. After national service with 1st Bn, Queen's Royal Regiment, he became art editor of the much-praised magazine Finding Out during the 1960s. He has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since, earning an international reputation particularly for his deep knowledge of Native American material culture; he has illustrated more than 45 Osprey titles, and recently wrote and illustrated Men-at-Arms 408 'Warriors at the Little Bighorn'. Richard is married and lives in Sussex.
Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught History at Piedmont High School in California from 1982 to 1983, and was then Head of History at the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, UK, until his retirement in 2007. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, and was awarded its Emerson Writing Award in 2013.
Richard Hook was born in 1938 and trained at Reigate College of Art. After national service with 1st Bn, Queen's Royal Regiment he became art editor of the much-praised magazine Finding Out during the 1960s. He earned an international reputation particularly for his deep knowledge of Native American material culture; and illustrated more than 30 Osprey titles. Richard's three children Adam, Jason, and Christa are all professionally active in various artistic disciplines. He died in 2010.

Table of Contents

Introduction · US Marines in the Civil War · On the battlefield · Blockading · Amphibious landings · Sea battles and major assaults · Uniforms, weapons and equipment · CS Marines in the Civil War · Coastal Marines · On the High Seas · Uniforms, weapons and equipment

Editorial Reviews

Ron Field is an acknowledged authority on the ACW ... In American Civil War Marines 1861-65, [he] details all the engagements in which the Corps was involved during the whole of that unhappy period ... This book would be an invaluable addition to the library of any student of the ACW.” —ALan Caton, Toy Soldier & Model Figure (April 2008)

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