Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Du Pont

Authors

E. Rory O'Connor

ISBN

813923328

Price

$34.95

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Abstract

From Reformer to Relieved

Rear Admiral Samuel Du Pont

Rear Admiral Samuel Du Pont is best know for the abortive attack on Charleston, South Carolina in April 1863. That assault's failure, and the subsequent recriminations by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles and Assistant S....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.8.2.11

Recommended Citation

O'Connor, E. Rory (2006) "Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Du Pont," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 8 : Iss. 2 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.8.2.11
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol8/iss2/11