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 ...