Roy Fitch

Prolific author Myron J. Smith, Jr., is emeritus library director and professor at Tusculum University, Greeneville, Tennessee.

• Table of ContentsPreface      List of Abbreviations      1. A Close-Knit Family and Unheralded Youth, 1835–1856      2. From Sea to Brown Water, 1856–March 1862      3. New Madrid to Memphis, March–June 1862      4. Brothers and Guerrillas, June–September 1862      5. Tinclads, Logistics and Rivers      6. Guerrillas and the Nashville Lifeline, August–December 1862      7. Fighting Irregulars and Guarding Convoys, January–June 1863      8. Morgan, May–July 1863      9. Chattanooga, August–December 1863      10. Building a Fleet, Fort Pillow, and a Second Summer on the Ohio, January–September 1864      11. Johnsonville, September–November 1864      12. Nashville, December 1864–January 1865      13. From Brown Water to Blue and Home, January 1865–April 14, 1875      Notes      Bibliography      Index

“one of the best...valuable...highly recommended”—Choice; “detailed...a tremendous amount of research...valuable”—Civil War News; “If it sailed on the brown water of America’s Western rives during the Civil War and flew the Stars and Stripes of the Union Navy, Myron Smith more than likely knows about it”—America’s Civil War; “the author has thoroughly researched his topic”—Blue & Gray Magazine; “Smith’s research...is extensive...one of the more important additions to the Civil War naval literature in recent years”—Civil War Books & Authors.