Battle of St. Johns Bluff Living History Weekend Recap

Since 2007, the Ft. Caroline National Monument in Jacksonville has hosted a Civil War Living History event to commemorate the actions of Uni...

Naval Engagement at St. Johns Bluff - Part II

USS Paul Jones (From Naval History and Heritage Command archives) Reports of the firing on the gunboats USS Uncas and Patroon on 11 Septemb...

Naval Engagement at St. Johns Bluff - Part I

Harper's Weekly drawing of the Confederate Battery at St. Johns Bluff (Source: Florida Dept. of State Archives) In prior posts, I highli...

Operations on the Savannah River - Early 1862

Tattnall's fleet engaging USN gunboats on the Savannah River (source - Naval History and Heritage Command on-line photo archive): After ...

"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...

Remembering the Navy at Shiloh

Please read the article written for the official US Navy History blog on "Remembering the Navy at Shiloh" at: http://www.navalhist...