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 ...

Gideon Welles' Thoughts on Emancipation

First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of Lincoln , by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (Welles is seated in the middle next to Abra...

CSS Florida's Mad Dash into Mobile

To say Confederate Lieutenant John Newland Maffitt had a tough decision to make would be an understatement.  After the  Florida's  relea...

Porter's Mortar Fleet in Hampton Roads

Many historians and enthusiasts agree that the U.S. Navy's James River Flotilla was ill-equipped to attack the Confederate garrison at F...

The 1861 "Expedition Hurricane" and Port Royal

1861 Hurricane Season As of today the east coast is free of Hurricane Irene's grasp. The CAT 1 storm cut a swath up the East Coast, c...

Gosport Navy Yard-Welles Defends His Actions

The lost of the Gosport Navy Yard was considered in the North to be disaster of the War. There were many questions on how someone could let ...