The part played in the Civil War (1861-1865) by the small Marine Corps of the United and Confederate States is overshadowed by the confrontations of the great armies. Nevertheless, the coastal and riverine campaigns were of real importance, given the strategic significance of the Federal blockade of southern ports, and of the struggle for the Mississippi River. Marines wearing blue and grey fought in many dramatic actions afloat and ashore – ship-to-ship engagements, cutting-out expeditions, and coastal landings. This book offers a comprehensive summary of all such battles, illustrated with rare early photographs, and meticulously researched color plates detailing the often obscure minutiae of Marine uniforms and equipment.
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"Ron Field is an acknowledged authority on the ACW ... In American Civil War Marines 1861-65, [he] details all the engagements in which the Corps was involved during the whole of that unhappy period ... This book would be an invaluable addition to the library of any student of the ACW" -ALan Caton, Toy Soldier & Model Figure (April 2008)
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Ron Field was born in Hertford, England in 1943 and was educated in Cheltenham, where he gained a Bachelor of Education (Hons) degree. He was Head of History at The Cotswold School at Bourton-on-the-Water until his retirement in 2007. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught History at Piedmont High School in California from 1982-83. He was associate editor of the Confederate Historical Society of Great Britain from 1983 through 1992, and was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, D.C., in 2005. In 2010 he was awarded a Research Fellowship at the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, The John Hay Library, Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. He is also a contributing editor of Military Images, a magazine devoted to the photographic history of the U.S. soldier and sailor in the 19th century. A prolific author, Ron is an internationally acknowledged expert on U.S. military history.
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Marines, both Union and Confederate, played a very minor role in the Civil War...but they were there. This book is the first one I've seen that examined them in any detail.
I could wish it had more information, but stuff about the CS Marine Corps, in particular, is very scarce. That said, I can recommend it to anybody with an interest.
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This is a great little book. It gives a quick and to the point history on U.S. and CONFEDERATE Marines too!! This is a good piece of work for anyone. I re-enact as a Marine and I use it alot. Earlier copies of this book says yellow stripes turn up black which is incorrect. CS Marines had black stripes and US had yellow. For more go to: http://www.confederatemarines.com/index.html
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ON THE NIGHT OF Sunday, October 16, 1859, the abolitionist John Brown and his 22 followers seized the US Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in a vain attempt to incite an armed slave rebellion in the Southern States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Marine Guard, Civil War, Drewry's Bluff, Fort Fisher, New Orleans, Navy Yard, Confederate Marines, Fort Sumter, Mobile Bay, North Carolina, Hampton Roads, New York, Port Royal, Bull Run, Capt Van Benthuysen, Harper's Ferry, National Archives, Naval Historical Center, Patrick Henry, Capt John, Capt Thom, Courtesy David, Capt Charles, Fleet Brigade, Brown Military Collection New!
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ON THE NIGHT OF Sunday, October 16, 1859, the abolitionist John Brown and his 22 followers seized the US Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in a vain attempt to incite an armed slave rebellion in the Southern States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Marine Guard, Civil War, Drewry's Bluff, Fort Fisher, New Orleans, Navy Yard, Confederate Marines, Fort Sumter, Mobile Bay, North Carolina, Hampton Roads, New York, Port Royal, Bull Run, Capt Van Benthuysen, Harper's Ferry, National Archives, Naval Historical Center, Patrick Henry, Capt John, Capt Thom, Courtesy David, Capt Charles, Fleet Brigade, Brown Military Collection New!
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- The Civil War by Clark G. Reynolds on page 7, and page 59
- The Mississippi River by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- Marine Corps by Taylor on page 54
- Port Royal by Horane Smith on page 9
- The Civil War (America Goes to War) by Kerry A. Graves on page 51
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