Table of Contents

CSS Gaines: “Game to the Last”
By Guy R. Hasegawa

Lt. Samuel W. Preston, USN: “The Most Superior Young Officer”
By Gary McQuarrie and Andrew Duppstadt

The Puzzling Case of Adam N. Baker, USMC
By David M. Sullivan

Naval Art Gallery: PS [Paddle Steamer] Banshee
By Gary McQuarrie

From the Naval Archives: CSS McRae’s Cancelled Secret European Mission
By Neil P. Chatelain

From the Naval Archives: A Millionaire Sailor
By Ron Field

Modelers Aboard: Building USS Choctaw in 1:192 Scale
By Doug Hamilton

Naval Bookshelf:The Civil War on the Water: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War
Reviewed by Donald Barnhart Jr.

Arlington Cemetery Roll of Honor: First in His Class
By Jim Quinlan