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THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
IN THE CIVIL WAR:
THE THIRD
YEAR
David M. Sullivan
NEW, still in shrinkwrap. Hardcover in dust
jacket. 6.5" x 9.5" White Mane Publishing Company, 1998. First
Edition. Photographs, maps, period etchings, tables, extensive
notes, bibliography, index, 361 pages.
"On land and water, in the North, the South, and in foreign seas,
the United States Marines expanded their service in the third year
of the Civil War. In the South, Marines joined in the ill-fated
attempts of September 1863 to recapture Fort Sumter, and in May
1864 the Red River expedition on the other side of the Confederacy.
But the Corps’ work in the ongoing coastal war yielded success, as
that duty continued.
David Sullivan weaves the foreign duty of the Marines of the
Pacific and East India Squadrons into his story, including their
role in the first confrontation between United States and Japanese
naval forces at the Battle of Shimonoseki Straits. He also documents
the hitherto unrecognized service of the Marines in the sinking of
the C.S.S. Alabama and the capture of the C.S.S. Florida.
At home, Marines battled the mobs in the July 1863 New York draft
riots. In November, the United States Marine Band performed at the
dedication ceremonies where President Abraham Lincoln delivered his
Gettysburg Address. Including eyewitness accounts, Sullivan also
shows how the Marine Corps’ internal administration was nearly
overwhelmed by the misinterpretation of the 1861 law governing
enlistment bounties. The system of justice that prevailed in
the Marine Corps during the Civil War years is explored,
using period accounts and court-martial records."
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