CSS Virginia LEGO Ship Instructions Available for Download

Click on the above image to download the instructions (.pdf) The wait is finally over!  As part of the new "Brick by Brick: LEGO Shipbu...

Upcoming Events for the CWN 150

Wow.  A new year for all of us.  For the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, it is the follow up to the most cataclysmic series of events whi...

Report from the "Civil War at Sea"

Along with fellow CWN 150 bloggers Matthew Eng, Gordon Calhoun, and Sarah Adler, I attended the " Civil War at Sea " symposium on ...

Captain Charles Wilkes Reports on the Trent Affair, 8 November 1861

On November 8, 1861, USS San Jacinto Captain Charles Wilkes set out towards the Bahama Channel near Havana to intercept Confederate commiss...

Just in Time for the Sesquicentennial

I just received notice yesterday that ABC-CLIO will be releasing its two volume Civil War Naval Encyclopedia in December. This exciting new...

Upcoming Conference

The North Carolina Maritime History Council will hold its annual conference Thursday, September 30 through Saturday, October 2 in the colon...

Twenty Great Reads on the Civil War Navy

Listed below (in no particular order) are twenty great reads on the Civil War Navy. Topics cover a wide range of subject areas, from genera...