Contents

Introduction

{ one } Mobilizing for War

{ two } Establishing the Blockade

{ three } We’ve Got New Orleans

{ four } The River War in 1861–1862

{ five } The Confederacy Strikes Back

{ six } Nothing but Disaster

{ seven } A Most Signal Defeat

{ eight } Unvexed to the Sea

{ nine } Ironclads, Torpedoes, and Salt, 1863–1864

{ ten } From the Red River to Cherbourg

{ eleven } Damn the Torpedoes

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index