The Confederate War Department Buys a Giraffe, November 1862

Blockade Runner Giraffe/Robert E. Lee In the Fall 1862, Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon and Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance Josiah...

Cushing's Raid on Jacksonville, North Carolina

As  written in previous posts , the U.S. Navy waged an intriguing form of strategic warfare with targeted raids against salt works in Florid...

USS Monitor 150th Anniversary Experience at the Mariners' Museum

Auctioned “Experience” Inside USS Monitor ’s Revolving Gun Turret to Highlight 150 th Anniversary of Ironclad’s Demise,  Support Ongoing Con...

Chasing After CSS Nashville: November 19, 1862

 A Northern newspaper cartoon mocking the U.S. Navy's inability to capture CSS Nashville.  CSS Nashville was the Confederate State g...

CSS Alabama Migrates South For the Winter, November 1862

While raiding Gulf Stream merchant traffic near Nova Scotia, Confederate Captain Raphael Semmes was well aware that the weather could turn n...

USS Passaic-Bringing a Bigger Gun to the Fight

  USS Passaic testing her XV-inch Dahlgren towards the Palisades. When asked by a Congressional panel investigating the outcome of the B...