Raiders and Blockaders

From the cover: Ironclads, sailing ships, and valor on the High Seas. These 19 vignettes by three distinguished naval historians offer fascinating descriptions of the Union and Confederate navies. Alternating chapters on commanders, ships in action, naval technology, commerce raiders, the blockade, and the Jack Tars of North and South provide multiple perspectives on the Civil War afloat. Naval actions played an important but neglected part in the Civil War, this stimulating book remedies part of that neglect. - James McPherson