LEGO USS Monitor Model at HRNM

As many of you know, the headquarters for the Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial is at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum .  As an educator at the ...

July 28, 1861-An Elephant Squashing a Gnat-USS St. Lawrence v. Privateer Petrel

On July 28, 1861, the two-gun privateer Petrel ( ex-USRS William Aiken ) deployed out of Charleston, South Carolina on its maiden voyage. ...

The Steam Screw Frigates

When it comes to the Civil War Navies (really, any Navy), no doubt one of the main “stars of the show” are the ships. Over the past year, we...

Civil War at Sea: Leadership in the Civil War Video Available on Youtube

Hampton Roads Naval Museum and CWN 150 Staff have been working closely with Bob Rositzke of R.H. Rositske & Associates to create a serie...

"Drive On": The Genius of James Buchanan Eads

Building a naval fleet is not the work of a military organization alone. In the Civil War as now, the Navy depended upon businesses and ind...

Building the "90-day" Gunboats

Unadilla, Winona, and Ottawa under construction As part of its emergency building program to put ships on the blockade, the U.S. Navy design...

How Did They Deal With It ??

In a prior post, I have mentioned that one of the things that most intrigues me about participating in living history events is the opportun...