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...

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...

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...

New Port Royal Commemorative Events

Our friends at the South Carolina Civil War 150th pointed out to us some other commemorative events coming up in the upcoming week. Here i...

Navy Leadership at Port Royal

As described in our previous post, this week we will be highlighting the Battle of Port Royal.  This was an historic event for the United St...

Port Royal Week for CWN 150 Bloggers

We are less than a week away from commemorating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the battle of Port Royal. Although we are a few days aw...

Admirals Row: Week of 16 October

This week's Admiral's Row includes several great blogs and bloggers that are putting out some really great material about the role o...

Admiral's Row: Week of 2 October

Last week we debuted a new feature on the site to encourage interaction with frequent visitors and fans of the Civil War Navy Sesquicentenni...

Farragut Marker: Problem Solved?

Admiral Farragut Monument, Madison Square, NYC It was reported HERE at the end of August that the Knoxville area marker of Admiral David G. ...

Even Old News is Good News

Here is a few interesting events and tidbits on the Civil War navies around the interwebs this past week: Photo Credit: Kate Taylor There w...

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...

Flags Over Hatteras Conference POSTPONED

Due to the threat of Hurricane Irne, those who were planning on going to the Flags Over Hatteras Sesquicentennial Event and Conference will...

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...

NOAA Day at Nauticus and HRNM Report

This past Saturday, the Hampton Roads Naval Museum participated in NOAA Day at Nauticus in Norfolk, VA.  HRNM Educators and Interns conducte...

Sketches of the USS Brooklyn, 18 May 1861

The images below were sketched by an Engineer Officer onboard the sloop-of-war USS Brooklyn on its way to aid the reinforcement of Fort Pic...

Fort Clinch, Fernandina, Florida

Construction of Ft. Clinch, located in the town of Fernandina, Florida, began in 1847. The masonry fort was named for Gen. Duncan L. Clinch,...

Happy 150th Anniversary

Civil War historians and enthusiasts have been waiting for this moment for the last 50 years.  Now a half century removed from the centennia...

From the Charleston Mercury, 9 April 1861

"Our authorities yesterday evening received notice from Lincoln’s Government, through a special messenger from Washington, that an ef...

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...

The Coming of War

Over the next week, the Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial will be posting several feature articles all related to the opening of the Civil War...