Sea Hawk of the Confederacy: Lt. Charles W. Read and the Confederate Navy [Hardcover]

R. Thomas Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1999

"In 1861, as the flames of war were being fanned throughout the nation, a young midshipman resigned from the United States Navy and made his way south to Montgomery, Alabama. There, he offered his services to the new Confederate States of America. Charles W. Read, in the next four years, compiled a record of ingenuity and daring unsurpassed in the annals of American naval history."--BOOK JACKET.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 236 pages
• Publisher: Burd Street Pr (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572491787
• ISBN-13: 978-1572491786
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,379,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Long Overdue Tribute to an Exciting Confederate Navy Hero, December 15, 1999

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John Ellis (Mobile, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sea Hawk of the Confederacy: Lt. Charles W. Read and the Confederate Navy (Hardcover)

Thomas Campbell's latest addition to his several other books on the Confederate Navy is the most exciting, as an 'old, mostly unknown' hero emerges to the spotlight he so well deserves. This first, complete biography of Lt. Charles W. Read, CSN, skillfully weaves various obscure sources of information, mostly unknown except to serious students of the Confederate Navy, to new family histories recently discovered. Many of the generous number of photographs have never been seen in public before. Read's participation on such ships as the CSS McRAE, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA AND WEBB are but a portion of the many thrilling experiences he originated and encountered. A brief history of each of the ships such as with Capt. Maffitt on the CSS FLORIDA fills the reader with anticipation of the next chase and adventure. Charles Read's overland escapades will surprise many students of the army to find they were done by navy personnel. In short, this book is a must for anyone who wants to learn of a true life adventurer and to ask themselves "why haven't we heard of him before?". Thomas Campbell is to be commended for this work. John E. Ellis, founder, Confederate Navy Research Center, Mobile, Alabama, http://www.csnavy.org

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific contribution to Civil War studies., April 4, 2000

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sea Hawk of the Confederacy: Lt. Charles W. Read and the Confederate Navy (Hardcover)

Excellent in-depth coverage for those who want more than the usual cursory overview. R. Thomas Campbell's Sea Hawk Of The Confederacy brings drama to the naval war, providing both a biography of Charles W. Read, a Confederate Navy officer whose battles were legendary, and a narrative style which reads like a novel while incorporating plenty of strategy and military facts.