From Cape Charles to Cape Fear

Making excellent use of the private papers of participants, ships' logs, Navy Department records, and congressional reports, From Cape Charles to Cape Fear is the definitive work on the Union blockading squadron off North Carolina and Virginia during the Civil War. Book jacket.

Robert M. Browning Jr. is Chief Historian of the United States Coast Guard

Illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Had failure been possible: The Navy's Response to War	p. 1
Glory again to our arms: The Capture of Eastern North Carolina	p. 17
Richmond Is a Hard Road to Travel: The Peninsular Campaign	p. 39
We have no use for the river: The Navy in the Eastern Theater	p. 60
The enemy are ... within the ring: Stalemate in North Carolina	p. 83
Uncle Sam's web feet: Operations in the Interior Waters	p. 119
Results go far different from those desired: Acquiring and Maintaining the Fleet	p. 142
No chance for manavelins: Supplying the Squadron	p. 167
Economize fuel all you can: Coaling the Gunboats	p. 184
To make bricks without straw: Men and the Navy	p. 200
We are all anxious to make the blockade efficient: The Coastal Blockade	p. 218
Ishmaelites upon the broad ocean: The Blockade Runners	p. 249
We are looking for old Abe's fleet: The Capture of Wilmington	p. 271
Weary of the war: Conclusion	p. 303
Notes	p. 311
Bibliography	p. 407
Index	p. 433
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