You have not been recognized as a subscriber to the Journal of Social History online. About 195 words from this article are provided below; about 575 words remain.
 		 
If you are an individual subscriber to the Journal of Social History, you may:
• login here if you have already registered for online access.
• Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.

If you are not a subscriber to the Journal of Social History, you can:
• subscribe here.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the Journal of Social History.

Instititutions can:
• Subscribe to the journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.
| Review | Journal of Social History, 40.2 | The History Cooperative
40.2  
Journals link Search link Partners link Information link
Winter, 2006
Previous
Next
Journal of Social History

Table of Contents
List journal issues
Home
Get a printer-friendly version of this page
 

REVIEWS

SECTION 5
CLASS AND RACE

Union Jacks: Yankee Sailors in the Civil War. By Michael J. Bennett (Cha- pel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. xv plus 337 pp. $34.95 hb).
This book is a significant contribution to the historiography of the Civil War. Union Jacks is the first comprehensive account of ordinary Civil War sailors. Steven J. Ramold's recent book Slaves, Sailors, and Citizens reveals African-American sailors, but Bennett's book considers all sailors, white and black, and effectively compares them to soldiers.1 He also compares Civil War sailors with the peacetime experience of Atlantic mariners, on which there is an abundant and recent literature. But the success of this book does not simply stem from its timeliness. It rests on massive research that will make it the standard work on the subject. Bennett scoured archives around the country for evidence that has been neglected in the thousands of volumes on the Civil War. He then weaves these chards of evidence together with the precision of the best social science and the grace of a master storyteller. Students of Civil War history would be well advised to read this compelling book. . . .
There are about 575 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.