James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy.
Francis Trevelyan Miller, Ed.

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First expeditions of the Federal Navy

Naval actions along the shore

The sea life of 1861 : life on the Federal war-ships

Naval chronology 1861 - 1865 : important naval engagements of the Civil war March , 1861 - June , 1865

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The “Kickapoo” A forerunner of the new navy the “Kickapoo” on the Mississippi: one of the five river monitors built on Admiral Porter's enthusiastic recommendation, after he had officially examined the original Ericsson “Monitor” in 1861.

Review of Reviews. New York. 1912.

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