Showing the Flag: The Civil War Naval Diary of Moses Safford, USS Constellation

by Moses Safford, Stephen R. Bockmiller, Lawrence J. Bopp

Book Overview

From Baltimore natives Lawrence Bopp and Stephen Bockmiller comes Showing the Flag: The Civil War Naval Diary of Moses Safford, USS Constellation, a new perspective on the Civil War and life in the navy in the mid-19th century. As the Civil War raged at home, naval yeoman Moses Safford toured the Mediterranean on the USS Constellation, dispatched in 1862 to show the flag, or defend American merchant shipping. An attorney and accomplished sailor before...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596290145
• ISBN13: 9781596290143
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.6"