Civil War Coast Survey Maps Online

Confederate Defenses, Craney Island, Norfolk, 1861 During the Civil War, both the U.S. Navy and Army benefited greatly from topographical en...

A Little Bit of March Madness for CWN 150 Fans

USS Benton Ship Plans  As many of you know, college basketball season is winding to a close with its annual tournament of 64.  Now in the c...

Civil War Naval Aviation

Of all the discussion about Civil War naval warfare and technology, the use of barges as balloon carriers always produces at least a short d...

Hampton Roads is Over, Now What?

 Okay.  So the Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend is over.  It was a great series of events.  Now that its over, let's do a little deductiv...

The Occupation of Beaufort, North Carolina

This weekend marks the 150th anniversary of the Union occupation of the port town of Beaufort, NC. As part of the Burnside Expedition, the ...

In Case You Missed It: Watercolor Contest Winners!

Over the past weekend, there was a lot of interest generated about the Battle of Hampton Roads Watercolor Contest.  For its first time aroun...

"The enemy entered Palatka"

Palatka (where I live) is a small town on the St. Johns River about 40 miles south of Jacksonville, Florida. The name of the town comes from...

Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend Recap

CWN 150 Bloggers Unite! (Matthew Eng, Sarah Adler, Craig Swain, Seaman Rob) Although we have already posted several posts on this past weeke...

Let me count the ways (of sinking CSS Virginia)

CSS Virginia in its attack on USS Cumberland. (United States Navy image) This past weekend's observance of the 150th anniversary of the ...

Union occupation of Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida

US Navy Base at Mayport Mills, Florida, St. Johns River (Fla. Dept. of State on-line photo archive): After taking Ft. Clinch and the Town of...

Battle of Hampton Roads Day 2 - Seaman Rob's Report

The second day of the BOHR event dawned with some frost on the ground, which is totally unheard of in March for a Floridian!! I attended th...

Battle of Hampton Roads Day 1 - Seaman Rob's Report

Map of blockade runner routes into the Atlantic Coast. Source: http://www.nccivilwar150.com/maps/fisher/Blockade.pdf Craig Symonds’ plenary...

My Haley After Hours Event Kicks off BOHR Weekend

Advance copies of The Treason of Mary Louvestre Last night, 168 were in attendance at this year's first After Hours History Event at the...

The Cumberland by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Cumberland at rest today (NOAA/HRNM/NHHC) At anchor in Hampton Roads we lay, On board of the Cumberland, sloop-of-war ; And at times fr...

More News for the Monitor Faces (and one for Virginia)

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!  We are endeavoring to bring to you the latest and greatest news about the recent release of the two uniden...

USS Minnesota and the Fate of Andromeda

When Virginia made her ascent of the Elizabeth River and appeared in Hampton Roads on March 8, 1862, the New York Times and many others de...

Monitor Mania!

LSU Faces Laboratory/AP This upcoming week will mark one of the most excited periods of events for the Sesquicentennial of the American Civi...

How to catch a train with a gunboat

During the occupation of Fernandina, Florida, in early March 1862, one the weirdest events of the Civil War involving a US Navy ship transpi...

Union occupation of Ft. Clinch, Fernandina, Florida

Ft. Clinch, at the northern tip of Amelia Island, after recapture by Union forces: While attention focused, then and now, on the impending b...

Civil War TECH Special Edition Issue Now Available

Get all three copies of the CWN Publications for FREE at the CWN Conference in Newport News It is finally here!  Print copies of the Civil W...

Navy Nurses in the Civil War

USS Red Rover on the Mississippi River The Civil War was a time of many "firsts" for the Navy.  Now that it is the first day of W...