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Tag Archives: Raphael Semmes
Maine at War: January 2021
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in January at his blog, Maine at War: January 6, 2021: Maine naval officer fights on the Mississippi Acting Volunteer Master John F. Harden of Rockland chases Raphael Semmes in the … Continue reading
Home Libraries: A Salty Civil War Library
Back in the 90’s, Judi and I loved cruising beautiful Virginia country byways and rural towns always seeking that musty little used-book store. She headed for the garden section and I, of course, made a beeline for the Civil War … Continue reading
A Most Peculiar Target of Naval Gunnery
ECW welcomes Neil Chatelain The USS Rhode Island was operating in the Caribbean Sea on July 30, 1863, part of Acting Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes’ West India Squadron, having just completed a convoy of the Panama steamer Ocean Queen through … Continue reading
Posted in Navies
Tagged CSS Alabama, CSS Sumter, Raphael Semmes, Stephen Trenchard, USS Rhode Island, USS Vanderbilt
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Sailors, Diplomats, Tycoons and the Campaign to Control California’s Gold in the Civil War
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Neil Chatelain As massive operations spread across the United States during the Civil War, a secret and ever-important campaign was being waged at sea. This was not ironclad warships battling one … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Navies
Tagged C.S.S. Alabama, C.S.S. Shenandoah, Henry Sibley, Jefferson Davis, Raphael Semmes, Stephen Mallory
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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
Mexican-American War 170th: Siege of Vera Cruz
Morning of March 29, 1847 came and brought two long parallel lines of American troops. The soldiers, begrimed and dirty from the exertions of the past 20 days, formed a gauntlet that their defeated foe would march through. The rows … Continue reading
Mexican-American War 170th: Vera Cruz Landings
Cannon pointed out of their gun ports, aimed at the walled city in the distance. With commands to fire, the naval ordnance roared to life and the guns recoiled, pulling their holding ropes taught. Dirty white smoke fluttered across the … Continue reading
World on Fire
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes. This post is based on a forthcoming book on the CSS Shenandoah. In the cool dusk of Sunday, 2 April 1865, Abraham Lincoln sat with Rear Admiral David Porter … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Navies, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Appomattox Court House, City Point, CSS Alabama, CSS Shenandoah, Francis Chew, James Mason, James Waddell, Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, Robert E. Lee, Stephen Mallory, U.S. Grant, USS Malvern
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Rebels Down Under
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes. Part One in a Series. One hundred fifty years ago this month, the CSS Shenandoah steamed into Hobson’s Bay, Melbourne, Australia with flag flying. Vessels large and small saluted … Continue reading
Civil War Echoes: Graf Spee 1939
75 years ago today, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee fought a British squadron off the River Plate on South America’s coast. After an hour of battle, the Graf Spee’s captain, Hans Langsdorff, ran into neutral Montevideo harbor for … Continue reading
Posted in Navies, Ties to the War
Tagged CSS Alabama, Graf Spee, Graf Spree, Hans Langsdorff, Raphael Semmes
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