Malvern Hill-Covering the Retreat, July 1-2, 1862

When electing to pull back from Richmond and conduct his "change of base," General George McClellan instructed the Army of the Pot...

USS Galena: Flawed, but Still Standing

In preparation for Drewry's Bluff, we present USS Galena .  This is the ship that is often mentioned in passing and in hush circles as t...

The U.S. Navy's Ironclad Board-Good Ideas/Bad Ideas

In August 1861, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles tasked three veteran naval officers, Commodore Joseph Smith, Commodore Hiram Paulding, a...