Confederate Wooden Gunboat Construction : Logistical Nightmare

ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Adam C. Edmonds (Creator)

Institution

East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Advisor

Lawrence Edward Babits

Abstract: The Confederate States Navy built wooden gunboats throughout the American Civil War. Within Civil War literature more research and detailed analysis of Confederate States Navy construction focuses on building of ironclad vessels. Wooden gunboat construction is largely ignored. This thesis examines wooden gunboat construction in two different areas of the Confederacy: northeastern North Carolina in Washington and Elizabeth City and the Mars Bluff Navy Yard in South Carolina. Before presenting two Confederate wooden gunboat construction case studies a look at Confederate industrial manufacturing and transportation infrastructure from the national perspective brings into focus the logistical limitations station commanders faced in northeastern North Carolina and at Mars Bluff more clearly. Scattered yet interdependent marine manufacturing and ordnance facilities connected by a suspect transportation network created a logistical nightmare. Historical investigation into wooden gunboat construction in Washington Elizabeth City and Mars Bluff examines an overlooked Confederate States Navy building program. 

Additional Information

Publication

Thesis

Date: 2012

Keywords

History, Military history

Subjects

Wooden boats--North Carolina--Washington

Wooden boats--North Carolina--Elizabeth City

Wooden boats--South Carolina--Mars Bluff

Gunboats

Confederate States of America--History, Naval

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