Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
312
Language
English
Published
Nov 11, 2025
Publisher
LSU Press
ISBN-10
0807184918
ISBN-13
9780807184912
Description
The Devil's Own Purgatory is the first complete history of the Union navy's Mississippi Squadron, a fleet that prowled the Mississippi River and its tributaries during the American Civil War. The squadron battered Confederate forts, participated in combined operations with the army, obliterated the Confederate fleet, protected Union supply lines, fought a river-based counterinsurgency war, raided plantations, and facilitated the freedom of thousands of enslaved people.
Genres
Action & Adventure
History