
Foreword vi
Introduction viii
The Text xiv
Editorial Method xv
Acknowledgments xv
Short Title List xvi
Chapter 1: Early Years, 1809–1846 1
Chapter 2: Ordnance Development to the Civil War, 1847–1860 7
Chapter 3: Outbreak and Early Years of the Civil War, 1861–62 25
Chapter 4: Promotion, Command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and the Siege of Charleston, 1863 63
Chapter 5: Siege of Charleston, 1864 109
Chapter 6: The Capture of Charleston and the End of the War, 1865 123
Chapter 7: After the War, 1866 143
Appendix 1: Letter of William T. Sherman to John A. Dahlgren 147
Appendix 2: Description of Defenses of Charleston Harbor 149
Bibliography 157
Index 163
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- Dahlgren, John A.
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- Autobiography of Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, 1809 t0 1866
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