JM: Their impact was much greater than the 5 percent of navy personnel-and also greater than the 12 percent of the navy's proportion of the financial cost of the Union war effort. In your opinion was their impact proportional to that small size? Sailors and naval officers were only 5% of the total number of Federal men under arms. Also, the feats of the navies make for a dramatic story, and I wanted to tell part of that story. My book is a modest effort to address that problem. James McPherson: I have long felt that the role of the navies in the war, and especially the contribution of the Union navy to final Northern victory, has been under-appreciated and under-studied. Trust: What attracted you to writing about the Union and Confederate navies during the Civil War? James McPherson about his book, War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865, which looks at the significant contributions that both the Federal and Confederate navies made to the American Civil War. Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaigns.Stop the Largest Rezoning in Orange County History.Support the American Battlefield Protection Program Enhancement Act.Protect the Heart of Chancellorsville Battlefield.Help Acquire 20 Sacred Acres at Antietam.Help Us Save Hallowed Ground in Tennessee and Kentucky.Help Restore History at Gettysburg, Cold Harbor & More.
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