At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Confederate Navy must defend nearly 3, 000 miles of coastline with only a meagre collection of ships & a handful of men. These include Sam Bowater, a former lieutenant in the United States Navy, who obtains his cherished first command in a tugboat turned gunboat, the Cape Fear, with a ragtag crew. Struggling with the pressures of his first comm&, in a naval service which is still learning the ropes, Bowater finds himself & his men the only defence between the Confederate shores & the massive Union Navy.
From Hampton Roads to Roanoke Isl&, to an exciting, bloody night time river fight for New Orleans, Glory In The Name vividly brings to life the dramatic naval battles of the Civil War.