• The Devil's Own Purgatory: The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War - Hardcover
The Devil's Own Purgatory: The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War
The Devil's Own Purgatory: The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War

    The Devil's Own Purgatory: The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War - Hardcover

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    by Robert H. Gudmestad (Author), T. Michael Parrish (Editor)

    The Devil's Own Purgatory is the first complete history of the Union navy's Mississippi Squadron, a fleet that prowled the Mississippi River and its tributaries during the American Civil War. The squadron battered Confederate forts, participated in combined operations with the army, obliterated the Confederate fleet, protected Union supply lines, fought a river-based counterinsurgency war, raided plantations, and facilitated the freedom of thousands of enslaved people.

    Author Biography

    Robert Gudmestad is professor of history at Colorado State University. He is the author of A Troublesome Commerce: The Transformation of the Interstate Slave Trade and Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom.

    Number of Pages: 312
    Dimensions: 1.3 x 8.6 x 5.9 IN
    Publication Date: November 11, 2025
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