Defensive preparations at Mobile Bay

Water batteries on Mobile Bay. Source: State of Alabama photo archives. In prior posts, I introduced you to the port of Mobile, Alabama and ...

USS Cairo Strikes a Torpedo: December 12, 1862

Sketch by Rear Admiral Henry Walke of Cairo hitting the mine.  The image is incorrect in the  respect that the mine exploded on Cairo's ...

Welles considers torpedo attack on CSS Virginia

As the Union Army commanders dithered over attacking Confederate-held Norfolk and Portsmouth, the Union Navy reeled under the attack of CS...