
Showing The Flag: The Civil War Naval Diary Of Moses Safford, Uss Constellation (Civil War Series)
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 merc...
Series: Civil War Series
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: The History Press; 1st edition (January 5, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1596290145
ISBN-13: 978-1596290143
Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.3 x 9.4 inches
Amazon Rank: 2566180
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“It's a diary... you have to wade thru the whole thing to really get the "feel" of life on this ship... and a part of the history (the slave trade interdiction) that is not routinely highlighted...”
ant shipping. An attorney and accomplished sailor before the war, Moses kept a diary in his seafarer’s way, leaving us one of the most detailed accounts of life aboard a Civil War warship known to exist.Published for the first time and including insightful annotations and biographical information, this personal journal documents life aboard a navy ship in a time of national turmoil. Although the diary was intended for his own edification and personal remembrance, Safford’s writing brings the reader back in time and place and opens a window on the past, allowing a view of Civil War naval life through the eyes of a literate and master seaman.
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