| Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads: The USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia Contributor(s): Smith, Myron J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786495766 ISBN-13: 9780786495764 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - Naval |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2017012244 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.45 lbs) 396 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia. Often described as failures, these vessels were active in some of the most ferdocuments the life and career of Joseph Brown, a miller and steamboat captain who built three ironclad gunboats for the US War Departmentocious river fighting of the 1863 Vicksburg campaign. After the war, Captain Joe became a railroad executive and was elected mayor of St. Louis. This book covers his life and career, as well as the construction and operational histories of his controversial trio of warships. |