Key West and the East Gulf Blockading Squadron

Sketch of Key West in Civil War period In a prior post (" The Blockade Begins "), I covered the formation of the Union Navy block...

The Blockade comes to Florida

I think historians of the Civil War Navies have established that blockade duty was boring, drudgery, tedious, taxing, (fill in your favorite...

Cutlass Drill

A sailor’s typical day on a Union Navy blockading ship was filled with drill; fire drill, general quarters, gun drill, small arms drill, and...

Civil War at Sea: U.S. Naval Strategy in the Civil War Youtube Video

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

Civil War at Sea: Full Panel Videos now Available on Navy.TV

All of the panel videos for the 2011 Civil War at Sea Conference at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. are now available on Navy.tv.  You...

Civil War at Sea Conference Photos

Last week, The Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial participated in the 23 April "Civil War at Sea" Conference at the Navy Memorial in ...

Youtube Welcome Video

Now that we are just days away from the opening of the official start of the sesquicentennial, I figured it would be poignant to make the fi...