Reveals the tactics, technologies, and specially raised units at the heart of the Union’s conduct of combined operations in the American Civil War.
During the Civil War, as well as confronting the Confederates on land, the Union forces mounted several ambitious amphibious operations, both on the coast and along the banks of the great rivers. In this book, renowned historian Ron Field explains how the growing effectiveness of the Union Navy, the willingness of the Union Army to countenance combined operations, and the efforts of officers such as Ambrose Burnside, David Farragut, and John Dahlgren, ensured that amphibious warfare played a key part in the defeat of the South.
In May 1862, foreshadowed by the capture of Roanoke Island and New Bern in North Carolina and Island Number Ten on the Mississippi River, the Union forces’ use of combined operations to seize New Orleans dealt a major blow to the Confederacy. The potential of amphibious warfare was revealed by the Union efforts to capture Fort Fisher in North Carolina. While the initial attempt failed in December 1864, a renewed effort in January 1865 resulted in a Union victory. Fully illustrated, this study investigates the amphibious tactics and technologies adopted by the Union forces during the Civil War, and the units raised and equipped to conduct combined operations.
By:
Ron Field
Illustrated by:
Steve Noon (Illustrator)
Imprint: Osprey
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 262
Dimensions:
Height: 248mm,
Width: 184mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781472863164
ISBN 10: 147286316X
Series: Elite
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 30 September 2025
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
[subject to confirmation] Introduction Hatteras Inlet, August 28–29, 1861 Roanoke Island, February 7–8, 1862 New Bern, March 11–14, 1862 1st New York Marine Artillery, February 1862–March 1863 Naval Battalion, 13th New York Heavy Artillery, May 1863–October 1864 Mississippi Marine Brigade, November 1862–August 1864 Navy Fleet Brigade, July 1863–December 1864 Fort Fisher, December 23, 1864–January 15, 1865 Conclusion Select Bibliography Index
Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, and was awarded its Emerson Writing Award in 2013. Steve Noon has had a life-long passion for illustration, and since 1985 has worked as a professional artist, illustrating over 75 books for Osprey.
