Tragic Assault on St. Andrews Bay 20 March 1863

On 20 March 1863, a landing party from the USS Roebuck landed on St. Andrews Bay, near present-day Panama City. Their objective was to atte...

Union's Desperate Gambit to Stymie Rebel Ram Buying in Great Britain

John Murray Forbes, left, and William H. Aspinwall were given millions of dollars to outbid the Confederacy for the two rams being built at ...

Prepared Remarks of SECNAV Mabus; Video Links Posted

USS Monitor Interment Ceremony Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus Remarks as Prepared I’d like to begin by acknowledging the family membe...

USS Monitor Sailors Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery

30308-N-AC887-002 ARLINGTON (March 8, 2013) One of two Sailors recovered from the ironclad USS Monitor is escorted by Gunner's Mate 3rd...

Ironclads on the Georgia Coast - Monitor vs. Fort II

Ironclads USS  Passaic , Patapsco and Nahant bombarding Ft. McAllister. Note monitor Montauk hanging back with the wooden gunboats.   Ad...

Confederate Ironclads Attack the Charleston Blockade

CSS Palmetto State The Confederate States Navy had two ironclads of note defending Charleston: CSS Palmetto State and CSS Chicora .  The sq...

CSS Florida Catches the Big One

When CSS Florida  successfully made her break from Mobile, she headed towards Havana, where she captured one small vessel in the process.  A...

Ironclads on the Georgia Coast - Destruction of the CSS Rattlesnake

Blockade runner CSS Nashville ; converted into the commerce raider CSS Rattlesnake After two attempts by the ironclad monitor gunboat USS Mo...

Presidents' Day: Lincoln Remembered

Abraham Lincoln, The Martyr, Victorious by John Sartain I had a hard time composing a blog post about Abraham Lincoln and Presidents' D...

"What ship is that?" CSS Alabama Strikes, Sinks USS Hatteras

CSS Alabama continued her cruise west across the Gulf of Mexico, reaching its western edge by mid January 1863.  Captain Raphael Semmes rec...

African American Sailors of the Civil War Navy

February is African American History Month.  The celebration commemorates the many achievements of figures throughout the experience of the ...