Tag Archives: Ironclad

Civil War Trails: Visiting Kinston, North Carolina

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Drew Gruber

Nestled in the heart of eastern North Carolina, lies the small town of Kinston. This small town tucked away far from the interstate, is well worth the drive and will charm you with more than just its storied past. There … Continue reading →

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Watching the “Merrimac”

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Dwight Hughes

One of the joys of a historian is finding that perfect eye-witness account of momentous events, one that puts you alongside our ancestors and sees through their eyes. The following is just such a viewpoint. “IN March, 1862, I was … Continue reading →

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Ironclad Superweapons of the Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Dwight Hughes

The clash of the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862 is considered a revolutionary event in naval warfare, but neither vessel quite lived up to the ambitious expectations of its sponsors. On a hot … Continue reading →

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Into the Volcano with the Ironclad CSS Arkansas

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Dwight Hughes

Part I of this tale left the lonely Arkansas and Captain Isaac N. Brown on July 15, 1862, facing a gauntlet of Yankee deep-water warships, steam rams, river ironclads, gunboats, and bomb vessels as he ran down the Mississippi toward Vicksburg. … Continue reading →

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Failed Ironclads: CSS Mississippi and CSS Louisiana at New Orleans

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Dwight Hughes

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 →

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ECW Weekender: The USS Monitor Center

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Dwight Hughes

Have you ever been aboard a Civil War ironclad, or two? You can come close in The USS Monitor Center nestled in a beautiful setting at The Mariners’ Museum & Park, Newport News, Virginia. The Monitor Center is the official … Continue reading →

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