Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-224) and index.

The key Federals -- The key Confederates -- The blockage and the Navy Board -- THE ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN. Hatteras Inlet; the pattern is formed -- Port Royal Sound: the triumph of the plan -- Fernandina and Jacksonville: the army is overextended -- Fort Pulaski: Rifled artillery's first breach of masonry -- THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. Roanoke Island: amphibious proving ground -- New Bern: expanded logistical impact of the coastal war -- Fort Macon: final victory of the Burnside Expedition -- THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN: a failure in cooperation -- THE GULF CAMPAIGN. Ship Island: setting the stage -- New Orleans: the price of unpreparedness -- Pensacola: the Confederacy is stretched too thin -- Galveston: a federal setback -- TOUGHER CHALLENGES. Charleston: too strong from the Sea -- Mobile Bay: damn the torpedoes -- Fort Fisher: the final chapter -- The coastal war and the elements of operational design.