Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Abbreviations Used in the Notes ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Burnside When He Was Brilliant: Ambrose Burnside and Union Combined Operations in Pamlico Sound 10
8. 2 A Thorn, Not a Dagger: Strategic Implications of Ambrose Burnside’s North Carolina Campaign 23
9. 3 ‘‘Very Crude Notions on the Subject’’: William B. Franklin’s Amphibious Assault at Eltham’s Landing 32
10. 4 The Union Attack at Drewry’s Bluff: An Opportunity Lost 44
11. 5 Union Combined Operations on the Texas Coast, 1863–64 56
12. 6 Assailing Satan’s Kingdom: Union Combined Operations at Charleston 74
13. 7 Grant Moves South: Combined Operations on the James River, 1864 87
14. 8 Closing Down the Kingdom: Union Combined Operations Against Wilmington 96
15. 9 ‘‘The Absence of Decisive Results’’: British Assessments of Union Combined Operations 115
16. 10 Union Combined Operations in the Civil War: Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten 135
17. List of Contributors 152
18. Index 155