Joseph Brown And His Civil War Ironclads: The Uss Chillicothe, Indianola And Tuscumbia

A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia. Often described as failures, these vessels were active in some of the most fer"documents the life and career of Joseph Brown, a miller and steamboat captain who built three ironclad gunboats for the US War Department"ocious river fighting of the 1863 Vicksburg campaign. After the war, "Captain Joe" became a railroad executive and was elected mayor of St. Louis. This book covers his life and career, as well as the construction and operational histories of his controversial trio of warships.

• | Author: Myron J. Smith, Jr.
• | Publisher: Mcfarland & Company
• | Publication Date: May 02, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 396 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 0786495766
• | ISBN-13: 9780786495764