The Best Station of Them All: The Savannah Squadron, 1861-1865

摘要

While Civil War historians generally avoid writing much about the Confederate Navy, adhering to the common sentiment that it was inferior, Maurice Melton has found the subject a source of great intrigue. His new book focuses on the little-known Savannah Squadron, which roamed the Atlantic Coast between Savannah, Ga., and Cape Fear, N.C. Melton is like an expert pilot reading a nautical chart in describing the region's unique topography-a porous maze of barrier islands, marshes, rivers and creeks that proved to be a defender's nightmare.