Andrew Foote: Civil War Admiral on Western Waters (Library of Naval Biography) [Hardcover]

Spencer C. Tucker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2000 | Series: Library of Naval Biography

This biography traces the life and career of one of the U.S. Navy's first admirals, Andrew Hull Foote. As flag officer of the Union's western naval forces, Foote was a key figure in the February 1862 Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee and helped open the Confederate heartland to the Union. Later he shared in the victory at Island No. 10, an action that opened the upper Mississippi River to the Union.

In this revealing portrait, Spencer Tucker describes Foote as emblematic of a period of great change in the American navy. Although very much an officer schooled in the tradition of the Old Navy, Foote considered himself first and foremost a staunch Christian and agent of Divine Will. An ardent social reformer, he crusaded zealously for abolition of the daily grog ration in the navy, and during his command of the brig Perry in the African squadron, he also became a leading advocate of the government's use of forceful measures to end the slave trade. In the 1850s Foote's career exemplified America's emerging international policy in the Far East when, in support of U.S. interests in China, he led a shore party to destroy coastal forts that had fired on U.S. ships.

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Winner of the 2000 John Lyman Book Award for Biographies and Autobiographies, sponsored by the North American Society for Oceanic History

Product Details

• Hardcover: 312 pages
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557508208
• ISBN-13: 978-1557508201
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,647,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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