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Bibliography 

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Commager, Henry Steele. The Civil War Archive . New York: Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, Inc., 2000

Grant, U. S. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant . New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1992

Porter, Admiral David D. The Naval History of the Civil War . New York: Castle Books, 1984

Scharf, J. Thomas. History of the Confederate States Navy . Avenel, NJ: Gramercy Books, 1996

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

United States Bureau of the Census. Census of 1860.

United States Department of Defense Records

Wheeler, Richard. Voices of the Civil War . New York: Meridian Books, 1976 

Secondary Sources 

Anderson, Bern. By Sea and By River . New York: Random House, 1962

Alexander, Bevin. Lost Victories, The Military Genius of Stonewall Jackson . Edison, NJ: The Blue and Grey Press, 1996

Beringer, Richard E. Why the South Lost the Civil War . Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1986

Campbell, R. Thomas. Fire and Thunder . Shippenberg, PA: White Mane Publishing Company, Inc. 1997

Campbell, R. Thomas. Gray Thunder . Shippenberg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1996

Campbell, R. Thomas. Southern Thunder . Shippenberg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1996

Campbell, R. Thomas. Southern Fire . Shippenberg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1997

Clausewitz, Carl von. On War . NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989

Furgurson, Ernest B. Chancellorsville 1863 . New York: Vintage Books, 1992

Furgurson, Ernest B. Not War But Murder, Cold Harbor 1864 . New York: Vintage Books, 2000

Gibbons, Tony. Warships and Naval Battles of the Civil War . New York: W. H. Smith Publishers, Inc. 1989

Griffith, Samuel B. Sun Tzu – The Art of War . New York: Oxford University Press, 1971

Hearn, Chester G. The Capture of New Orleans, 1862 . Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1995

Jomini, Baron Antoine Henri de. The Art of War . Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1992

Keegan, John. Fields of Battle . London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995

McKenzie, John D. Uncertain Glory, Lee’s Generalship Re-examined . New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997

McMurry, Richard M. Atlanta 1864, Last Chance for the Confederacy . Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2000

McMurry, Richard M. Two Great Rebel Armies . Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1989

McWhiney, Grady. Attack and Die . Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 1982

Musicant, Ivan. Divided Waters . New York: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc. 1995

Simson, Jay W. Naval Strategies of the Civil War . Nashville: Cumberland House Publishing, Inc. 2001

Stern, Philip Van Doren. The Confederate Navy . New York: Da Capo Press, 1992

Still, William N. Jr. Iron Afloat . Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1985

Surdam, David G. Northern Naval Superiority and the Economics of the American Civil War . Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2001

Symonds, Craig L. Confederate Admiral . Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1999

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Electronic Sources 

Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center, www.history.navy.mil

Confederate States Navy Research Center, Mobile, Alabama, www.csnavy.org

National Park Service, www.nps.gov

Physical Sources

Port Columbus – Civil War Naval Center, Columbus, GA

The Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA

Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, VA

Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MS

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Copyright © 2005 Larry Parker

Written by Larry Parker. If you have questions or comments on this article, please contact Larry Parker at:
larry.parker@cms.k12.nc.us.

About the Author:
Larry Parker is a retired Naval Officer (Surface Warfare).  Larry now teaches Navy Junior ROTC.  In his free time he pursues a lifelong interest in military history.

Published online: 11/06/2005.
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