Fearless Builder of the Brown Water Navy
By Ronald S. Coddington Writing in 1864 to a naval officer, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had high praise for the courageous gunboat commanders along the Mississippi River. “I think Porter,
By Ronald S. Coddington Writing in 1864 to a naval officer, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had high praise for the courageous gunboat commanders along the Mississippi River. “I think Porter,
By John Walsh, featuring images from the author’s collection The triumph by U.S. forces at Fort Donelson in early February 1862 dramatically turned the tide of the Civil War, then