Michael J. Crawford, Editor. Third of a four-volume documentary history on the naval and maritime aspects of the War of 1812. Focuses on the Chesapeake Bay, the Northern Lakes, and the Pacific Ocean theaters of operation during the last two years of the war, 1814-1815.
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Michael J. Crawford, Editor. Third of a four-volume documentary history on the naval and maritime aspects of the War of 1812. Focuses on the Chesapeake Bay, the Northern Lakes, and the Pacific Ocean theaters of operation during the last two years of the war, 1814-1815.
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Add this copy of The Naval War of 1812, a Documentary History, V. 3: to cart. $83.95, very good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Dept. of the Navy.
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Very Good. Size: 6x2x9; Volume 3. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xlvi, 874 pages: illustrations; 26 cm. "Focuses on the Chesapeake Bay, the Northern Lakes, and Pacific Ocean theaters of operation during the last two years of the way, 1814-1815. In each of these three theaters, a U.S. naval force found itself confronting a superior British naval force. Blockaded in tributaries by a significant British squadron, Commodore Joshua Barney's gunboat flotilla held out for ten weeks, engaging in several pitched battles, until Barney ordered its destruction. Barney's sailors then became foot soldiers and maintained the nation's honor in facing the red-coated foe marching on Washington, when other troops broke and ran at the battle that wits derided as the 'Bladensburg Races. '"
Add this copy of The Naval War of 1812: a Documentary History (Volume 3) to cart. $94.50, very good condition, Sold by DBookmahn's Used & Rare Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Burke, VA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by United States Government Printing Office.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 874 Pages with maps/illus. The documents arranged chronologically with explanatory introduction taken from a wide variety of sources including British & American plans & reports, letters, logs & newspaper items. The single ship actions and activities in the Chesapeke Bay, Northern Lakes, & Pacific Ocean. Clean.
