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    Mr Lincoln's Navy by Dennis J. Ringle

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    • Pub. Date: October 1998
    • 240pp
    • Sales Rank: 333,342

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      • Pub. Date: October 1998
      • Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
      • Format: Hardcover, 240pp
      • Sales Rank: 333,342

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      Every aspect of the common sailor's life in the Union navy - such as recruiting, clothing, training, shipboard routine, entertainment, wages, diet, health, and combat experience - is addressed in this study, the first to examine the subject in such detail. The wealth of new facts provided here offers a fresh look at nineteenth-century social history, including such issues as racial integration in the military. As he examines daily life in the Union navy, Dennis Ringle also calls attention to the enlisted sailor's enormous but often overlooked contributions to the development of the U.S. Navy as it moved from wood and sail to steam and iron.

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      Examines the common sailor's life in the Union navy. The author looks at sailors' daily lives, including such aspects as recruiting, clothing, training, entertainment, wages, diet, health, and combat experience. He also examines issues such as racial integration in the military and the development of the US Navy as it moved from wood and sail to steam and iron. The focus is on the sailors assigned to the western river vessels and the ships enforcing the blockade, as well as those dispatched to destroy Confederate commerce raiders. Includes 20 pages of b&w photographs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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      June 21, 2000: Most books on the Civil War deal with the Army. This book brings to the reader a history of what the men on the water did during the American Civil War. It is easy to read and does not bore the reader with uninteresting battle movements. It is the story of the human experience of the sailors that served during our nation's most difficult time. For those wishing to find out how Lincoln's webfeet lived and fought, this is the book for them. The book is divided into chapters that deal with aspects of sailor life, such as, Medicine at sea, Shipboard Training, Shipboard Routine, and Entertainmant, Liberty, and the Lord's Day. All aspects of sailor life are touched upon. Although your research on the U.S. Navy during the Civil war should not stop with this book, it is an excellent start.