Alfred Thayer Mahan’s volume on the Gulf and inland waters covers the Union Navy’s operations on the Mississippi River system and the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War — a theater of war often overshadowed by the dramatic battles of the Eastern Front. Mahan analyzes the naval siege of New Orleans, the campaign for Vicksburg, and the blockade of Confederate Gulf ports, applying his strategic framework to assess how control of the western waterways contributed to Union victory.
Part of the Naval History of the Civil War series, this volume is essential reading for understanding how the war was decided as much on water as on land. Download this free EPUB for Mahan’s authoritative account of naval power in the western theater.