Counter Offensive at Galveston and the Capture of Harriet Lane

 USN map of the 1863 action at Galveston Confederate offensives took a sharp increase in 1863.  On the western side of the Confederacy...

Playing With Fire off the Cuban Coast, October 1862

A route frequently used by Anglo-Confederate blockade runners went from Matamoros, Mexico to Havana, Cuba, ending at Mobile, Alabama.  The s...

Farragut's Punitive Raid on Donaldsonville

If siege craft could be classified as an occurrence where ancient rules of war still applied and honor still existed, guerrilla/partisan act...

16 July 1862: Congress Authorizes the Rank of Admiral

On this day 150 years ago, Congress authorized the rank of Rear Admiral (Two Stars), with not more than (9) active duty officers.  David Gla...

Battle of New Orleans-USN Takes Over the City

With the forts bypassed and the Confederate/state ships either destroyed or put to flight, Farragut's squadron steamed north.  Smaller f...

Porter's mortar schooners - failure to meet expectations

Earlier we looked at the Mississippi River mortar boats used upriver at points such as Island No. 10 and Fort Pillow.  While suitable for t...

Facing the Forts: The West Gulf Blockading Squadron

Today (25 April) marks the 150th anniversary of the fall of New Orleans. In commemoration of Union control of the Crescent City, we have beg...

Drewry's Bluff Commemoration

Today, Laura Orr and I traveled to Drewry's Bluff to talk about some recent developments brewing with the National Park Service for the ...

Full Speed....er...Ahead?

Photo by Margot Kline A few months ago, we posted a short series of stories about a marker denoting the Knoxville area birthplace of histor...

USS Hartford Stern Emblem

Stern emblem of the Hartford today (HRNM) During a recent trip to HRNM's collection storage, my coworker and fellow CWN 150 blogger...

CWN 150 Updates

Farragut Statue Undergoing Much Needed Restorations (Dnainfo/Mary Johnson) FARRAGUT STATUE CHECKUP AND CLEANING Augustus Saint-Gaudens, scul...

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...