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Andrew Foote: Civil War Admiral on Western Waters, by Spencer C. Tucker
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2000. Pp. xvi, 259. Illus, maps, chron., notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN:1-55750-820-8.
Andrew Foote played an important role in riverine operations during the first year or so of the war, taking Fort Henry, and supporting U.S. Grant�s operations against Fort Donelson and at Shiloh, and John Pope�s operations against Island No. 10 in the winter and spring of 1862. But he died rather suddenly, and his impressive record was eclipsed by that of other commanders. Tucker�s biography, apparently the first ever about this interesting officer, covers not only his services during the Civil War, but devotes a great of attention to his early life and rise through the ranks of the young U.S. Navy. A good book.
Reviewer: A. A. Nofi
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