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Category Archives: Navy
On this date in Civil War History: March 8-9, 1862 - Battle of Hampton Roads
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Confederate captain Franklin Buchanan steamed his ironclad Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) from the Gosport Navy Yard into the Chesapeake Bay to confront the Union fleet there on blockade duty. Anchored in the bay … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Navy, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged Battle of Hampton Roads, Cateby ap Roger Jones, Chesapeake Bay, Confederate, Franklin Buchanan, George B. McClellan, Gosport Navy Yard, Hampton Roads, ironclad, James River, John Lorimer Worden, Navy, New York, Newport News, Norfolk, Norfolk Naval Station, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Sewell's Point, Union, USS Brandywine, USS Congress, USS Cumberland, USS Merrimarck, USS Minnesota, USS Roanoke, USS St. Lawrence, Virginia
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The Monitor, the Merrimack and… U.S.S. Minnesota?
By Darryl Sannes and Jeffrey Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Friday marks the 150th anniversary of the famed duel between the ironclad ships, Monitor and Merrimack, and the Battle of Hampton Roads off of Sewell’s Point, Virginia. Today, … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Navy
Tagged 1862, African-American sailors, black sailors, C.S.S. Jamestown, C.S.S. Patrick Henry, C.S.S. Virginia, Charles Johnson, Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham, George H. Roberts, George Moore, George Sales, Gershom Jacques Van Brunt, Henry Williams, March, Norfolk Naval Station, Sewell's Point, U.S.S. Congress, U.S.S. Cumberland, U.S.S. Merrimack, U.S.S. Minnesota, U.S.S. Monitor, Virginia, William Brown, William H. White
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Bombardment of Fort Henry (Feb. 2-6, 1862)
Fort Henry was a Confederate garrison on the Tennessee River, the capture of which was the first significant Union victory of the Civil War. Because of its food production, mineral resources, labor supply, and railroads, Tennessee was the key to … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Artillery, Battles, Navy, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged Clarksville, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Henry Halleck, Lloyd Tilghman, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Ulysses Grant, US Navy, USS Carondelet, USS Cincinnati, USS Conestoga, USS Essex, USS Lexington, USS St. Louis, USS Tyler
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Civil War shipwreck treasures unveiled
by Hal Scheurich WALA-TV 10 GULF SHORES, Ala. (WALA) - Once buried by the sands of time, a 150-year-old shipwreck off the Alabama coast was uncovered by a local exploration group a few years ago. Thursday, they unveiled some of … Continue reading
Fire on the Water exhibit at Athenaeum observes 150th anniversary of Civil War
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - A ship that helped turn the tide of public opinion at home and abroad during the Civil War is featured in a new exhibit, “Fire on the Water: Portsmouth’s Kearsarge Sinks the Deadly Confederate Raider Alabama.” “Civilian … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Commemoration, Museums, Navy
Tagged Alabama, Kearsarge, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Sesquicentennial
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