GIDEON WELLES; LINCOLN'S NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Indianapolis IN;: Bobbs, Merrill, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Gideon Welles, as Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, fought the Navy's political battles with the State and War Departments. He ruled out many hoary naval customs and backed the new monitors and 15-inch guns. 379 pages with photographs and..... More