Digital Comic Museum - Navy History and Tradition 1817-1865


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Issue: #[1817-1865]
Published: 1959, Price: 0.00 FREE, Pages: 20, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Newsprint Cover And Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Limited Series
Notes: On-sale date from 1959 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Merrimack Versus The Monitor
Genre:	Non-fiction Military

Illustration (1 page)	Naval Weapons 1820 - 1865
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military

Comic Story (1 page)	Navy Under Sail And Steam
Synopsis:	View of the American navy in the years just before steam.
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	American Sailors

Comic Story (3 pages)	Matthew Calbraith Perry
Synopsis:	Biography of the career of Commodore Perry, including: the anti-slave trade patrol; promotion of steam power; naval leadership in the war with Mexico; and the opening of Japan.
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	Matthew Calbraith Perry American Sailors Japanese Officials

Comic Story (2 pages)	Matthew Fontaine Maury
Synopsis:	Injured in a stagecoach accident, Maury is assigned to permanent shore duty. He compiles and disseminates massive amounts of data on navigation and hydrography, and guides creation of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. During the Civil War he develops new types of explosive mines for the Confederacy.
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	Matthew Fontaine Maury

Comic Story (2 pages)	John L. Worden
Synopsis:	Worden commands U.S.S. Monitor on its first mission and, although gravely wounded, drives off the enemy to save the squadron, and maintain the blockade, at Hampton Roads.
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	John L. Worden Abraham Lincoln American Sailors

Comic Story (4 pages)	David Glasgow Farragut
Synopsis:	Already 60 years old, Farragut is assigned shore duty in the Civil War. Transferred to seagoing command at last, he captures Mobile and New Orleans with daring tactics and under great personal danger.
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	David G. Farragut Mrs. Farragut American Sailors

Comic Story (2 pages)	David Dixon Porter
Synopsis:	Brought up in the age of sail, Porter becomes a powerful proponent of steam propulsion. In the Civil War he commands the fleet on the upper Mississippi, and plays a vital role in the capture of Vicksburg.
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	David Dixon Porter American Sailors Ulysses S. Grant

Comic Story (2 pages)	William B. Cushing
Synopsis:	Expelled from Annapolis for his pranks, Cushing leads daring and innovative actions in the Civil War.
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	William B. Cushing American Sailors

Comic Story (1 page)	Naval Inventions Civil War
Synopsis:	Ericsson develops numerous naval innovations, especially the turreted ironclad Monitor.
Genre:	Non-fiction Military

Illustration (1 page)	Naval Engagements 1861 - 1865
Genre:	Non-fiction War

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