CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE KEY FEDERALS -- THE KEY CONFEDERATES -- THE BLOCKADE 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 -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.