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Navy History and Tradition
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Publication1961 | Price: 0.00 FREE | Pages: 2
NotesWraparound cover illustration.
 
CreditsPencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; History; War
NotesWraparound cover illustration.
 
IllustrationSea Ports: Key to Victory (1 page)
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
NotesMap, with explanation of Civil War naval strategy.
 
Comic StoryBackground to Seawarfare 1861 (5 pages)
SynopsisThe Civil War finds both sides unready for naval warfare. The Confederacy seizes several forts, and the U.S. has to scuttle numerous ships to keep them out of Confederate hands. The U.S., though, has far more industrial capacity. They build ships quickly, and plan a strategy of blockading and seizing Confederate ports.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Abraham Lincoln; Gideon Welles; Stephen Mallory; Robert E. Lee; Ben Isherwood; Hiram Paulding; U.S. sailors; Confederate militia
 
Comic StoryPotomac Curtain Raiser (1.5 pages)
SynopsisU.S. naval vessels unsuccessfully try shellfire and amphibious assault to capture Confederate cannon overlooking the Potomac River. Commander Ward is the first U.S. naval officer to open fire in the Civil War, and the first to die. Seaman John Williams is one of the first to receive the Medal of Honor.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Hiram Paulding; James H. Ward; John Williams
 
Comic StoryThunder on the Seaboard: Navy vs. Hatteras and Port Royal (2 pages)
SynopsisThe U.S. suffers a series of embarrassing naval defeats. But Welles finds the leaders to capture key ports in North and South Carolina.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: James D. Bulloch; Abraham Lincoln; Gideon Welles; Silas Stringham; Samuel F. DuPont
 
Comic StoryTransatlantic Storm: The Trent Affair (1.5 pages)
SynopsisCommander Wilkes intemperately grabs two Confederate envoys from a British mail packet. Hotheads in Britain and America scream for war, but Lincoln releases the envoys and Queen Victoria forbids hostilities.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Charles Wilkes; James M. Mason; John Slidell; Abraham Lincoln; Viscount Palmerston; Queen Victoria
 
Comic StoryWar on the "Catfish Front" (4 pages)
SynopsisRodgers and Foote oversee creation of an ironclad gunboat fleet on inland waters. Foote coordinates with Grant on combined operations that free much of Kentucky and Tennessee, and especially the line of the Mississippi River.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: John Rodgers; Andrew H. Foote; Ulysses S. Grant; Henry Walke; Union troops; Confederate troops; Union sailors
 
Comic StoryMonitor and Merrimack: Ironclad Showdown (3.5 pages)
SynopsisConfederate ironclad Virginia (rebuilt and renamed from the scuttled U.S.S. Merrimack) wrecks three wooden warships in a single action. Union ironclad monitor drives her off the next day, and the ship is eventually scuttled to avoid recapture.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Abraham Lincoln; Edward Stanton; Gideon Welles; John L. Worden
 
Comic StoryBattle of New Orleans (3 pages)
SynopsisFarragut, with support from Porter, runs the Mississippi forts, breaks an anti-shipping boom, and wrecks the Confederate squadron. At a cost of just 40 men, Farragut captures New Orleans with all its wealth, and closes the Mississippi as a Confederate outlet.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: David Farragut; Judah P. Benjamin; David Dixon Porter
 
Comic StoryMississippi Slug-Fest (1.5 pages)
SynopsisFarragut, David, and Ellet clear most of the Mississippi, but cannot take or break Vicksburg. In Virginia, Rodgers is unable to subdue Richmond with naval forces, but does rescue the Union army.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: C. H. Davis; J. E. Montgomery; Charles Ellet; David Farragut; John Rodgers
 
Comic StoryWinning the Mississippi (3.5 pages)
SynopsisRepeated Union attempts to break the stalemate at Vicksburg fail. Finally Porter runs his boats past Vicksburg through a gauntlet of heavy fire, then ferries Grant's troops unmolested across the river. Vicksburg falls on the Fourth of July.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: David Dixon Porter; Ulysses S. Grant; David Farragut; John C. Pemberton; Union troops; Confederate troops; Union sailors
 
Comic StoryAnvil Defies Hammer (2.5 pages)
SynopsisObsessed by Charleston's symbolic position as birthplace of the Confederacy, Union leaders order repeated naval attacks on the city. All are repulsed, and the Confederates even send submersibles into battle.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: John L. Worden; Samuel F. DuPont; Duncan Ingraham; H. L. Hunley
 
Comic StoryNavy in Wild West (1 page)
SynopsisThe Red River expedition turns into a fiasco, with Porter and Bailey only just managing to save the fleet.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: David Dixon Porter; Nathaniel P. Banks; Joseph Bailey
 
Comic StoryHigh Seas Warfare: Rebel Raiders vs. Union Cruisers (1.25 pages)
SynopsisConfederate high-seas raiders sink many U.S. merchant vessels, but the U.S. navy sinks most of them in the end.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Raphael Semmes; John Winslow; Napoleon Collins
 
Comic StoryFarragut at Mobile: August 1864 (1.25 pages)
SynopsisFarragut runs forts and a minefield, beating down the Confederate squadron to capture Mobile, the last major port on the Gulf of Mexico.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: David Farragut; Franklin Buchanan
 
Comic StoryFort Fisher Knock-Out: Fatal Blow to Lee (1.5 pages)
SynopsisBy amassing huge amounts of firepower, the navy seals off Wilmington as a Confederate seaport. The navy has met all its strategic goals, and has turned the tide of war in the Union favor.
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: William Cushing; David Dixon Porter; William Lamb; U.S. sailors
 
IllustrationSea Power: Chain of Victory (1 page)
CreditsScript: Theodore Roscoe | Pencils: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby] | Inks: Herbert S. Walesby [Stokes Walesby]
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War
NotesCompanion to the map in Sequence 1, showing U.S. navy positions and successes by the end of the war.
 
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