{"product_id":"farragutos-captain-percival-drayton-1861d1865","title":"FarragutÕs Captain: Percival Drayton, 1861Ð1865","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaptain Percival Drayton played a central role in four of the key naval engagements of the American Civil War, and as a personal friend and trusted subordinate of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut and Rear Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont, Drayton made a vital contribution to the ultimate success of the Union Navy in the struggle to maintain the Union.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nAs the son of a noted Jacksonian Unionist obligated to leave South Carolina for Philadelphia many years before the war, Drayton was the very embodiment of the romantic war between brothers.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eCaptain Drayton was a highly literate and intelligent observer of the world around him and the people in it. And throughout the war, he maintained a constant flow of letters to naval colleagues and friends. His letters provide a captivating insight into his service and into the personalities of many Civil WarÐera figures, and so his lettersÑand his biographyÑstand as a primary record of the war at sea and of the collapse of the slave system on the South Carolina coast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Barratt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44303871869089,"sku":"9781483487953","price":34.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1dzq4676-front-shortedge-384_036727b3-239b-447b-bbc7-204324729ab5.jpg?v=1747766020","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/farragutos-captain-percival-drayton-1861d1865","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}