Bibliography of early United States naval history
Historical accounts for early U.S. naval history now occur across the spectrum of two and more centuries.This Bibliography lends itself primarily to reliable sources covering early U.S. naval history beginning around the American Revolution period on through the 18th and 19th centuries and includes sources which cover notable naval commanders, Presidents, important ships, major naval engagements and corresponding wars.Among the contemporary and earlier historical accounts are primary sources, historical accounts, often derived from letters, dispatches, government and military records, captain's logs and diaries, etc., written by authors who were involved in or closely associated to the historical episode in question.Primary source material is often collected, compiled and published by other editors also, sometimes many years after the historical subject has passed.Many of the authors are notable and even famous in their own right and are linked to their corresponding biographies.
American RevolutionAbbot, Willis JohnBradfordChapelle, Howard I.Cooper, James FenimoreEmmons, George Foster, Lieut. U.S.N.Gillmer, ThomasHagan, Kenneth J.Hattendorf, John B.James, WilliamJohnson, Robert ErwinLabaree Benjamin W.Fowler, William M.Hattendorf, JohnLavery, BrianMcMaster, John BachMahan, Alfred ThayerMorison, Samuel EliotPaullin, Charles OscarPeterson, Charles JacobsPreble, George HenrySpears, John RandolphChamier, FrederickTucker, Spencer C.William VernonContinental NavyClark, William BellJames, William MilbourneJennings, JohnLundeberg, Philip K.Maclay, Edgar S.John Paul JonesBarnes, John SanfordBrady, Cyrus TownsendSeawewll, Milly ElliotSeitz, Don CarlosJohn BarryWibberley, LeonardRichard DaleMorris, CharlesSeawell, Molly ElliotThomas TruxtunSilas TalbotLoubat, Joseph FlorimondTruxtun, ThomasEdward PrebleJeffersonMadisonAdams, HenryFoote, Andrew HullJefferson, ThomasMcCullough, DavidRichardson, James D.A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the PresidentsSymonds, Craig L.Stephen DecaturHale, Edward EverettLambert, AndrewWayback MachineMackenzie, Alexander SlidellMaclay, Edgar StantonRoosevelt, TheodoreTucker, SpencerWhipple, Addison Beecher ColvinThomas MacdonoughSkaggs, David CurtisJohn RodgersCharles StewartMartin, Tyrone G.Soley, James RussellWilliam BainbridgeBarnesIsaac HullHull, IsaacWar of 1812Barnes, JamesCruikshank, E.A.Ingersoll, Charles J.Lossing, Benson JohnPeterson——Oliver Hazard PerryNiles, John MiltonList of books about the War of 1812Joshua BarneyMatthew C. PerryPerry, Matthew CalbraithMexican–American WarTexas NavyRobert F. StocktonCommodore MooreAmerican Civil WarAmmen, DanielGorgas, JosiahSarah Woolfolk WigginsOberholtzer, Ellis PaxsonPratt, Fletcher Porter David DixonJohn D. LongRhodes, James FordSchouler, JamesTenney, W. J.Abraham LincolnDonald, David HerbertSandburg CarlWelles, GideonDavid FarragutDavid PorterSoley, Russell, JamesUnion blockadeBlockade runningBulloch, James DunwodyDept U.S. NavyCooper, William J.Coulter, Ellis MertonEvans, Clement AnselmHosmer, James KendallScharf, John ThomasSemmes, RaphaelShingletonJohn Newland MaffittBibliography of the American Civil WarBlockade runners of the American Civil WarUSS MonitorCSS VirginiaBaxter