Blockade

Wayne Vansant has authored more than a dozen graphic novels on military history, including fiction and non-fiction. Of any topic, Vansant has covered the Civil War more than any. The War Between the States plays a role in both his non-fiction works like Gettysburg and Grant vs Lee for Zenith Publishing and his adaptation of The Red Badge of Courage for Puffin.

But Vansant has never documented another fascinating aspect of the war: the battle for supremacy of the high seas!

This 97-page color graphic novel tells the story of the U.S. Navy’s campaign to close southern forts and defeat Confederate Commerce Raiders on the high seas from Hampton Roads to Galveston, from Fort Sumpter to Fort Fisher. Learn the history of the thrilling battles of the Ironclads, like the Union’s U.S.S. Monitor and the Confederacy’s C.S.S. Virginia, and learn fascinating detail after detail, all with historically accurate uniforms, weapons, and ships.

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