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The Confederate Navy’s Order of Battle at New Orleans: A Reflection of Political Tensions
ECW welcomes back guest author Neil P. Chatelain. The ECW post on September 27, 2018 titled “Order of Battle – Why Those Lists Matter” reminded me of my own research, and I began doing what historians do: using thoughts and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Navies
Tagged Admiral David G. Farragut, Captain George N. Hollins, Commander John K. Mitchell, Commander William C. Whittle, Confederate Navy, Fall of New Orleans, Ironclad, Lieutenant Beverly Kennon, neil p. chatelain, New Orleans, order of battle, River Defense Fleet
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Civil War Echoes: The Greatest Raid of All
One hundred years ago today, construction began on USS Buchanan (DD-131), a destroyer named for Franklin Buchanan, the first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy and later first admiral in the Confederate States Navy. She later played a role in … Continue reading
Confederates Invade San Francisco?
Shortly before his death in 1886, James I. Waddell, former captain of the CSS Shenandoah, wrote in his memoirs: “I had matured plans for entering the harbor of San Francisco and laying that city under contribution.”[i] Waddell never did pass … Continue reading
My Favorite Historical Person: Eugene Matthew O’Brien
Eugene Matthew O’Brien is among those obscure Civil War multitudes whose collective stories inspire for their courage, dedication, and sacrifice even if we know little about them individually—although his story is a bit unusual. O’Brien was a steam engineer who … Continue reading
Failed Ironclads: CSS Mississippi and CSS Louisiana at New Orleans
In October 1861, the skeletons of two strange iron monsters began to emerge from the Mississippi bank at Jefferson City, just north of New Orleans. They would become the CSS Mississippi and CSS Louisiana. Confederate Navy Secretary Stephen Mallory had … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: The Farthest Battlefield—CSS Shenandoah at Pohnpei
This Civil War site is a paradisiacal place to pass a weekend—if you can get there. April fool’s day, 1865: In the misty glow of dawn, soaring emerald peaks sprouted from azure seas as the CSS Shenandoah, last of the … Continue reading
Civil War in Paradise
In mid-January I spent a long weekend in Key West. I enjoyed the food, music, and atmosphere of a truly great town, and also saw some of the place’s interesting historic sites. What really surprised me was the Civil War … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Battlefields & Historic Places, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Navies, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged Army of the Cumberland, Asa Tift, British Empire, Confederate Navy, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, Ernest Hemingway, Florida, George G. Meade, George Gordon Meade, ironclads, John Brannan, key west, Key West Lighthouse, Stephen Mallory, Trent Affair, Union Blockade, Union Navy, USS San Jacinto
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Question of the Week: 8/15-8/21/2016
What was the most important naval engagement or campaign of the war? Why?
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Navies, Question of the Week
Tagged Civil War Blockade Runners, Confederate Navy, navy, Union Navy
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Presentations From the 2014 Emerging Civil War Symposium-Christopher Kolakowski
As we gear up for this year’s Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, we wanted to share this presentation from last years ECW Symposium. As you may recall, we were honored to have C-SPAN cover our first major symposium. Below is … Continue reading
Melee on the James River
January 1865: the future did not bode well for the Confederacy. President Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. Lee watched as their troops dissolved into disarray and confusion, sensing the imminent defeat coming their way. Union General William T. Sherman … Continue reading
