New Images of USS Cumberland & CSS Florida Wrecks

USS Cumberland , starboard side USS Cumberland , bow looking forward CSS Florida , from top  CSS Florida , starboard side The Hampton Roads...

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...

Updates and Admiral's Row: Week of 21 November 2011

On This Day: 21 November 2011: Coming from our friends at the Museum of the Confederacy :  On this day in 1861, CSA forts McRee, Barrancas, ...

Union Navy Fends Off Mine Attacks in Hampton Roads.

Early in the Civil War, it wasn’t the electrically-triggered torpedoes set up in long and deadly water ranges that later so troubled Union N...

Artillery Duel at Pensacola Bay

Artillery engagement on Pensacola Bay on 22-23 November 1861. Santa Rosa Island, Ft. Pickens, and Union batteries on the island are in the ...

Hampton Roads Surface Navy Association Talk: Steam and Iron

Last month (October 19, 2011), I had the fortunate opportunity to speak at the Hampton Roads Surface Navy Association meeting and luncheon ...

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...