USS Monitor 150th Anniversary Experience at the Mariners' Museum

Auctioned “Experience” Inside USS Monitor ’s Revolving Gun Turret to Highlight 150 th Anniversary of Ironclad’s Demise,  Support Ongoing Con...

CSS Virginia's Firestorm

After many unsuccessful attempts to bring Monitor to battle in April 1862, Commodore Josiah Tattnall and CSS Virginia faced a major crisis...

The First Year in Review

Civil War Navy and Marine Reenactors at Portsmouth Navy Birthday (October 2011)  " Nor must Uncle Sam's web-feet be forgotten. At...

Hampton Roads is Over, Now What?

 Okay.  So the Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend is over.  It was a great series of events.  Now that its over, let's do a little deductiv...

In Case You Missed It: Watercolor Contest Winners!

Over the past weekend, there was a lot of interest generated about the Battle of Hampton Roads Watercolor Contest.  For its first time aroun...

Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend Recap

CWN 150 Bloggers Unite! (Matthew Eng, Sarah Adler, Craig Swain, Seaman Rob) Although we have already posted several posts on this past weeke...

The Cumberland by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Cumberland at rest today (NOAA/HRNM/NHHC) At anchor in Hampton Roads we lay, On board of the Cumberland, sloop-of-war ; And at times fr...

More News for the Monitor Faces (and one for Virginia)

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!  We are endeavoring to bring to you the latest and greatest news about the recent release of the two uniden...

USS Minnesota and the Fate of Andromeda

When Virginia made her ascent of the Elizabeth River and appeared in Hampton Roads on March 8, 1862, the New York Times and many others de...

Monitor Mania!

LSU Faces Laboratory/AP This upcoming week will mark one of the most excited periods of events for the Sesquicentennial of the American Civi...

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!...

BOHR Watercolor Contest at HRNM

American poet Amy Lowell once wrote: " Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the...

New Images of USS Cumberland & CSS Florida Wrecks

USS Cumberland , starboard side USS Cumberland , bow looking forward CSS Florida , from top  CSS Florida , starboard side The Hampton Roads...

Hampton Roads Surface Navy Association Talk: Steam and Iron

Last month (October 19, 2011), I had the fortunate opportunity to speak at the Hampton Roads Surface Navy Association meeting and luncheon ...

CSS Virginia LEGO Model Finished

If you saw last week's post on an amazing LEGO Monitor ship built by some HRNM Summer Intern Samuel Nelson, we are happy to inform yo...

Stephen Mallory's Dream Operation

The Confederacy's first and only secretary of the navy Stephen Mallory had many positive leadership qualities. Among them was confidence...

"The First of Iron-Clads," John Taylor Wood

 Currier & Ives Illustration Today marks the 149th anniversary of the storied engagement between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia .  Th...

An Account of the First Day of the Battle of Hampton Roads

On this anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads, we presented a slightly different account of the battle. Below is a partial account as t...

Day 1 (Ctd.) and Day 2 of the Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend

NEWS FROM THE FRONT! (Continued Day 1) March 5, 2011 1:00 pm: Attended the second lecture of the day focusing on the efforts of the Blockad...