Rebel Reefers: The Organization And Midshipmen Of The Confederate States Naval Academy

by James Lee Conrad

Overview

The Confederacy's only national naval academy was anchored in Virginia's James River aboard the CSS Patrick Henry. While their Union counterparts at the U.S. Naval Academy studied at a safe distance from the war, the midshipmen of the Confederate States Naval Academy were sent on active duty to defend the South's waterways. Using original Confederate documents and many previously unpublished letters and diaries, James Lee Conrad has compiled a fresh and scholarly study of a neglected subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306812378
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	09/04/2003
Edition description:	DA CAPO
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

James Lee Conrad is a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Advocate General's Department. He has spent a lifetime studying Confederate naval history and is the author of a previous book on Confederate military institutions. He lives in Ohio.

Editorial Reviews

"Conrad writes in effortless prose and gives a reader the flavor for the times, the institution, and the midshipmen...Strongly recommend.

Military Review May/June 2005