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Title: CIVIL War Naval Chronology
Description: Washington, Naval History Division, 1961. Cloth. An illustrated account of the involvement of the American Navy throughout the American Civil War. Complete with five volumes bound as one. Bound from the parts, with binders punctures to the gutter throughout. This work is an interesting account of the naval operations and involvement during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865. The U.S. Navy was still relatively small in 1861, but was rapidly enlarged at the outbreak of the civil war. It was the Navy's mission to blockade Confederate ports and to take control of the river system, all the time being prepared for a possible war with the British Royal Navy. Illustrated with numerous plates throughout. In a full straight-grain morocco binding. Externally, smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .

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