Chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron as an important Federal contingent in Florida."[Buker] argues that the presence of Union sailors and their extensive contacts ashore d
For centuries sailing vessels crept along the coastline, ready to flee ashore in case of danger or trouble; this worked well until weather or poor sailing drove these ships against an unforgiving coas
Naval historian George E. Buker presents a compelling defense of Commodore Dudley Saltonstall— a man court-martialed for the 1779 rout of the U.S. Navy in the Penobscot Bay—with his fascinating study
