Description: A rare memoir from a Union sailor, Under the Blue Pennant provides fascinating insights into the Civil War, from both the officers' perspective on the bridge and the sailors' below the deck. Grattan's account of the crucial struggle for control of the Atlantic seaboard provides a powerful description of men in combat. With sharply etched details of blockade running, fierce underwater battles, the brutal advance on Richmond, and visits to the front lines by President Abraham Lincoln, this memoir opens a window into the lives of Civil War naval officers, from how they behaved in combat to how they treated their African American stewards.

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