The CSS Arkansas: A Confederate Ironclad on Western Waters

by Myron J. Smith Jr.

While the Monitor and Merrimack are the most famous of the Civil War ironclads, the Confederacy had another ship in its flotilla that carried high hopes and a metal hull. The makeshift CSS Arkansas, completed by Lt. Isaac Newton Brown and manned by a mixed crew of volunteers, gave the South a surge of confidence when it launched in 1862. For 28 days of summer, the ship engaged in five battles with Union warships, falling victim...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786447265
• ISBN13: 9780786447268
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher