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 ...

Upcoming HRNM/CWN 150/Mariners' Museum Events for March 2012

The Treason of Mary Louvestre After Hours Event at HRNM March 8, 2012 6:00 P.M.  FREE KICK OFF THE BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS WEEKEND AT HRNM!...

African American Sailors and the Sesquicentennial: A Trend Worth Following

The social history of the sailor will take priority in how we continue to interpret the navy’s role.   Scholarship continues to detail how s...

Port Royal Week for CWN 150 Bloggers

We are less than a week away from commemorating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the battle of Port Royal. Although we are a few days aw...

Admirals Row: Week of 16 October

This week's Admiral's Row includes several great blogs and bloggers that are putting out some really great material about the role o...

Civil War Navy Overview

In preparation for tonight's Navy Day 2011 event at Portsmouth Medical Center (pictures to follow soon), I created a short overview clip...

USS Cairo "America the Beautiful®" Coin Unveiling at Vicksburg NMP

Last tuesday marked an historic day for Vicksburg National Military Park and its celebrated ship, USS Cairo . Amongst a crowd of over 2,500...

Civil War at Sea: Technology in the Civil War (Video 2 of 5) Now Available

Hampton Roads Naval Museum and CWN 150 Staff have been working closely with Bob Rositzke of R.H. Rositske & Associates to create a serie...

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 ...

Ken Burns Discusses the Civil War

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Happy 150th Anniversary

Civil War historians and enthusiasts have been waiting for this moment for the last 50 years.  Now a half century removed from the centennia...

Dissolving in Water: What is Known and Unknown

It is still hard for the most knowledgeable student of the Civil War to grasp the complexities of the conflict. In four years, over 620,0...

1861 by Walt Whitman

ARM’D year! year of the struggle! No dainty rhymes or sentimental love verses for you, terrible year! Not you as some pale poetling, seated ...

CW 150 Legacy Project: Virginia Memory Scanning Project

It seems that victories, albeit tiny in comparison to the grand spectacle of the war itself, continue to surface during the sesquicentennial...

New Updates and Links: 1 February 2011

CSS Shenandoah being repaired at the Williamstown Dockyard in February, 1865. Image courtesy of The Age. Here are some interesting links a...

Civil War Navy in the News

Here is some updates and links to information related to the Civil War Navy: According to associated content on Yahoo News , artifacts from...

NC Civil War Symposium: "THE REAL WAR WILL NEVER GET IN THE BOOKS"

The History Department at North Carolina State University invites proposals for a symposium on the public history of the American Civil War....

Week 2 Poll Up! Vote Now!

Last week, we unveiled the beginning of a contest to decide (by you the reader) who was the greatest naval officer, North and South. In the ...

The Fight at Sea: Anaconda Card Game BETA Test

ATTENTION GAMING FANS! The Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial is looking for a few good men and women! One of the primary missions of the Civil...

Ten Books on the Battle of Hampton Roads

In honor of the 148th anniversary of the engagement between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia , here are ten books related to the Battle ...