Strangling the Confederacy: Coastal Operations of the American Civil War

The key Federals -- The key Confederates -- The blockage and the Navy Board -- THE ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN. Hatteras Inlet; the pattern is formed -- Port Royal Sound: the triumph of the plan -- Fernandina and Jacksonville: the army is overextended -- Fort Pulaski: Rifled artillery's first breach of masonry -- THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. Roanoke Island: amphibious proving ground -- New Bern: expanded logistical impact of the coastal war -- Fort Macon: final victory of the Burnside Expedition -- THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN: a failure in cooperation -- THE GULF CAMPAIGN. Ship Island: setting the stage -- New Orleans: the price of unpreparedness -- Pensacola: the Confederacy is stretched too thin -- Galveston: a federal setback -- TOUGHER CHALLENGES. Charleston: too strong from the Sea -- Mobile Bay: damn the torpedoes -- Fort Fisher: the final chapter -- The coastal war and the elements of operational design.;This work examines the various naval actions and land incursions the Union waged from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico to methodically close down every Confederate port that could bring in weapons or supplies during the American Civil War.