Civil War Commando - by Jerome Preisler (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Civil War Commando is the incredible tale of two giants on a historic collision course: Will Cushing, the United States Navy's first naval commando, and the unsinkable Confederate ironclad Albemarle, Terror of the Roanoke, an innovative war machine that seized control of the Roanoke River Valley and threatened to cost the Union the war. Cushing has been cited by historians as the inspiration for Star Wars' Luke Skywalker character, and his attack on the Albemarle called the "greatest feat of arms in American military history." Yet the full story of the man-and his daring mission of personal revenge against an iron monster-has never been told. Using primary source materials, contemporaneous journals, and archival military records, richly illustrated with photos, maps, and rare hand-drawn schematics not seen in over a 150 years, Civil War Commando will reveal the dramatic story of the Albemarle's creation, Will Cushing's colorful life and career, and the groundbreaking naval tactics he developed-tactics that not only saved Abraham Lincoln's presidency, but were the foundation of the modern day Navy SEALs"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Civil War Ironclads and Commandos</b> <p/>Here at last is an action-packed portrait of one of America's greatest but little-remembered Civil War heroes, Commander William Barker Cushing, who sank the Confederate ironclad <i>Albemarle</i> in a spectacular mission in 1864. <p/>Regarded as erratic and insubordinate, Midshipman Cushing was drummed out of the Naval Academy in March 1861. But with the outbreak of war, the Union needed every trained officer it could find-- and whatever his flaws, Cushing was an extremely talented naval officer. Ferocious, uncompromising, courageous, and loyal, he became a U.S. Navy commando and at the age of twenty-one was sent to destroy the South's ultimate naval weapon--the <i>Albemarle</i>, an unsinkable vessel with a devastating iron ram. <p/>This death-defying mission succeeded in sinking the <i>Albemarle</i>, helped reelect President Abraham Lincoln, and earned Cushing a hero's grave in the Naval Academy's cemetery. <p/>Here is that story, told with all the verve and drama it deserves, shining new light on one of the most important naval encounters of the war. <i>Civil War Commando</i> is a masterpiece of naval history that reads like a thriller and gives a neglected hero his due.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>JEROME PREISLER</b> is a military historian, thriller writer, author of the bestselling NET FORCE series (co-created by Tom Clancy), and frequent lecturer on military topics at schools, museums, and bases around the country. A native of Brooklyn, he divides his time between New York City and Maine.
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