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William Cushing was an early Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, from its inception to his death. He was the longest-serving of the Court's original members, sitting...
William Barker Cushing was an officer in the United States Navy, best known for sinking the Confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle during a daring nighttime raid on October 27, 1864, a feat...
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Author
William Cushing
Binding
Paperback
Pages
326
Publisher
Leopold Classic Library
ISBN #
10
William Barker Cushing is considered one of the navy's greatest heroes of the Civil War. After his expulsion from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1861, Cushing managed to get an appointment as a master's mate on one of the warships of a blockading squadron. Cushing's daring and exceptional performance in ...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
184
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN #
0742570533
EAN Code
9780742570535
ISBN #
5
Fresh from success in sinking the Albermarle in the Civil War, the young Captain Cushing was assigned to command the gunboat USS Maumee in Hong Kong to aid the restoration of America's naval power in Asia. By linking such aims to British policy, and by courting Chinese and Japanese officials, he suc...
Author
Julian R. Mcquiston
Binding
Paperback
Pages
228
Publisher
McFarland
ISBN #
0786470550
EAN Code
9780786470556
ISBN #
4
On October 27, 1864, two marvels of the Civil War collided on the Roanoke River near Plymouth, North Carolina. The first was the formidable Confederate ironclad Albemarle, a 376-ton behemoth that had for months roamed the nearby rivers and waters of Albemarle Sound, defeating in turn everything the ...
Author
Jim Stempel
Binding
Paperback
Pages
246
Publisher
Mcfarland
ISBN #
0786465298
EAN Code
9780786465293
ISBN #
3
The lead writer of the New York Times’s award-winning “Disunion” series introduces William Barker Cushing, the Civil War’s most celebrated naval hero. October 1864. The confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle had sunk two federal warships and damaged seven others, taking control of the Roanoke River and ...
Author
Jamie Malanowski
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
304
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN #
0393240894
EAN Code
9780393240894
ISBN #
1
Facsimile of historic book that is among the many leather-bound books in the Classics of Medicine Library as published by Gryphon Editions with leather binding, gilt titling, marbled endpapers, gilt on all sides, silk ribbon placemarker.
Author
Harvey - Sir William Osler Cushing
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
7
Book by Roske, Ralph J., Cushing, W. B., Van Doren, Charles
Author
Ralph J. Roske, W. B. Cushing, Charles Van Doren
Binding
Paperback
Pages
310
Publisher
US Naval Institute Press
ISBN #
1557507376
EAN Code
9781557507372
ISBN #
6