audiobook Interpreting a Continent: Voices from Colonial America by From Brand: Rowman n Littlefield Publishers in History

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William Barker Cushing is considered one of the navy's greatest heroes of the Civil War. After his expulsion from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1861; Cushing managed to get an appointment as a master's mate on one of the warships of a blockading squadron. Cushing's daring and exceptional performance in battle led to a spectacular rise in rank; responsibility; and reputation. His military career culminated in his torpedoing of the Confederate ironclad Albermarle on the Roanoke River in 1864; an operation he executed under heavy enemy fire. This new and fully annotated edition of Cushing's memoir; originally written in 1867–1868; conveys the excitement and drama of a truly extraordinary Civil War naval career.