A Quest for Glory: A Biography of Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren

To win glory and power, to be renowned throughout posterity-such was the ambition that fueled John A. Dahlgren's controversial rise to eminence during the Civil War era. While he ranks with the foremost contributors to the American naval tradition and is known as the father of American naval ordnance, personal conflicts and the lack of major victories at sea nearly obscured his historic legacy. Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance in 1862, Dahlgren was recognized as the top ordnance expert in Am...