Civil War

Images

USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862
USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama, 19 June 1864
USS Red Rover, Navy Hospital Ship for Mississippi Squadron
Naval Recipients of the Medal of Honor
Ships of the Confederate States
CSS Virginia destroys USS Cumberland and USS Congress, 8 March 1862
Civil War U.S. Navy Recruiting Posters

sloop-of-war USS Cumberland sinking with and explosion of flames off her side

The CSS Virginia’s ram, and not her guns, was her most effective weapon. Using it against the sloop-of-war USS Cumberland, Virginia was able to destroy the wooden warship in a short fight.
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Videos

The Civil War 1861-1865 Part 1
The Civil War 1861-1865 Part 2
The Civil War 1861-1865 Part 3
The Civil War 1861-1865 Part 4

Social Media

Navy - Civil War Blog

Biographies

Daniel Ammen, Rear Admiral
George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy
Alexander Berry Bates, Captain
Kidder Randolph Breese, Captain
George Dewey, Admiral
David Glasgow Farragut, Admiral
Stephen B. Luce, Rear Admiral
Alfred Thayer Mahan, Rear Admiral
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Daniel Boone Ridgely, Commordore

Other References

Civil War Naval Chronology
Civil War Naval Bibliography
Civil War Naval Biographies
Civil War Naval Museum
Battle of Hampton Roads

Interesting Reads

Civil War - Technology
Civil War at Sea
Brief Naval Chronology - Civil War (1861-65)
The Battle of Hampton Roads, Origins of Ordnance Testing Against Armor
Confederate Ships Afloat
CSS Alabama, wreck
Civil War Battle Streamer
On-line book - Captain Raphael Semmes and CSS Alabama
Selected Civil War Documents
Emancipation Proclamation
Eye-Witness Account - Battle Between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack), March 9th, 1862
On-line book - Going South: US Navy Officer Resignations & Dismissals On the Eve of Civil War
H.L. Hunley, wreck
Medal: Civil War
1865 Register of Officers on Navy Yards, Shore Stations & Vessels
Signals For the Use of the Navy of the Confederate States
On-line book - Confederate States' Ship Virginia (Once Merrimac) Her Victory Over the Monitor
USS Tecumseh, wreck
Uniform Regulations, 1864