01515cam a2200241 4500 360468138 TxAuBib 20181018120000.0 970408s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780292712058 pbk. : alk. paper 0292712057 pbk. : alk. paper TxAuBib Cotham, Edward T., 1953-, (Edward Terrel.) Battle on the Bay : the Civil War struggle for Galveston / Edward T. Cotham, Jr. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1998. 241 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-230) and index. The war is postponed -- A safe condition -- Warming up for war -- The island city chooses sides -- City in the sea -- The blockade begins -- A pessimistic assessment -- Thomas Chubb and the Royal Yacht -- The threat of bombardment -- Captured by ferryboats -- The infantry arrives -- The prince and his players -- From Glorieta to Galveston -- Prince John plans his next production -- The Battle of Kuhn's Wharf -- Cottonclad victory -- After the battle -- A trap fails to close -- Still another disaster off Galveston -- An entrenched camp -- Treated like a conquered city -- Running the blockade --The "closing act of the rebellion". 20181018. Galveston, Battle of, Galveston, Tex., 1863. TXALB