The Atlantic Coast; The Navy in the Civil War--II.
Harrisburg, PA: The Archive Society, 1992. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Hardcover. x, [2], 273, [1] pages. Maps. Decorative endpapers. Gilt-edged. Occasional footnotes. Appendix. Index. Spine creased/dented. Daniel Ammen (May 15, 1820 – July 11, 1898) was a U.S. naval officer during the American Civil War and the postbellum period, as well as a prolific author. As children, Ammen rescued Ulysses Grant from drowning. Ammen entered the Navy as a midshipman on 7 July 1836. He served on USS Vandalia during 1838. In 1861–62, he commanded the gunboat USS Seneca in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. His bravery was conspicuous in the Battle of Port Royal, November 7, 1861. In the engagements with Fort McAllister, March 3, 1863, and with Fort Sumter, April 7, 1863, he commanded the monitor USS Patapsco. In the attacks on Fort Fisher, in December 1864, and January 1865, he was commissioned captain of the USS Mohican July 26, 1866. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1877, and was retired June 4, 1878. He wrote The American Inter-Oceanic Ship Canal Question. He was a representative of the United States at the Interoceanic Ship Canal Congress in Paris. He designed a cask balsa to facilitate the landing of troops and field artillery, a life-raft for steamers, and the steel ram USS Katahdin in 1893. His publications include The Atlantic Coast in The Navy in the Civil War Series; Recollections of Grant; and The Old Navy and the New. More