Rebel Reefers - The Organisation Midshipmen of Confederate States Naval Academy

The first comprehensive study of Confederate midshipmen and the naval academy where they were trained and educated.

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.

Summary

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 Using original Confederate documents and many previously unpublished letters and diaries, James Lee Conrad has compiled a fresh and scholarly study of a neglected subject.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

• Authors: James Conrad, James Lee Conrad, Conrad James
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.08.2003
• EAN: 9780306812378
• ISBN: 978-0-306-81237-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, United States of America, USA, Naval forces and warfare