| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-02-01 | | Edition Description: | Illustrated |
| Size | | Length: | 259 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 20.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
"Most entertaining and highly informative … I highly recommend it." —William N. Still, author of Why the South Lost "A find. It provides us with new insights into Mr. Lincoln’s navy, and no student of the Civil War will want to be without it. A wonderful read." —Nathan Miller Author of War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II "The Civil War has many stories that have never been told, and this is not surprising, considering the depth of that struggle and the millions of people who were involved. As Robert Schneller, Grattan’s editor, comments (in agreement with Walt Whitman), ‘history notes battles and leaders, but not the seething hell involving the actual soldier.’ Here, in this book, we have the honest feelings of a junior officer of the navy during the last eighteen months of our Civil War, as detailed in his diary at the time and reproduced shortly after the end of the war. It is not the full story of that war, but a participant’s reaction to part of it, combined with his frank and unvarnished evaluations of his superiors. For Civil War buffs, especially navy buffs, this is a must read." —Edward L. Beach, Captain, USN (Ret.) Author of Run Silent, Run Deep
A memoir written shortly after the Civil War by John W. Grattan, an officer in the Union Navy, about his naval experiences during the war from 1863 to 1865 along the Atlantic seaboard ranging from the North Carolina coast to Chesapeake Bay and the James River.
Industry Reviews
"Most entertaining and highly informative...I highly recommend it."—William N. Still, author of <I>Why the South Lost</I><p>
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