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Tag Archives: Raphael Semmes
The Contextualized Statue of Raphael Semmes
Until June 2020, Raphael Semmes stood on a traffic median along Government Street in Mobile, Alabama—at least his bronze statue did. On the far side of the intersection, the Bankhead Tunnel plunges below the city street and beneath the empty … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Monuments, Navies
Tagged commerce raiders, Confederate Navy, CSS Alabama, History Museum of Mobile, Mobile, Monuments, Raphael Semmes, Semmes statue, statues, USS Kearsage
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Shellbacks, Polliwogs, and Crossing the Equator Amid Civil War
Anyone watching a movie about sailing ships can quickly become confused with the overwhelming distinct terminology. There are much more than words that signify a sailor, however. Spending months at a time at sea, sailors have developed their own vocabulary, … Continue reading
Unpublished — The International War: Alabama Claims Documentation
This source is not exactly unpublished, but close. It was printed once—long ago—by the U. S. government. Until recently, it was scarce and mostly unknown. And it is a treasure trove of primary source material for the international and naval … Continue reading
On the March to Sailor’s Creek with Tucker’s Naval Battalion
One thousand Confederate sailors and Marines defended Richmond by April 1865. Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes commanded the James River Squadron’s ironclads, wooden steamers, and torpedo boats. The Confederate Naval Academy, officers in training, operated CSS Patrick Henry. Captain John R. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Navies
Tagged Adolphus Schwartzman, Battle of Sailor's Creek, Confederate Navy, Confederate States Marine Corps, CSS Patrick Henry, Drewry's Bluff, Eugenius Jack, Fall of Richmond, George Terrett, Howard McHenry, James River Squadron, John R. Tucker, Joseph Viernelson, on-the-march, Raphael Semmes, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Robert Watson, William Mahone
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January 2022 Maine at War blog posts
In January 2022, my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from soldiers and their pets to the infantry captain who suddenly discovered two recruits now listed on the company rolls. January 5, 2022: Soldier’s pet A young combat veteran … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Navies
Tagged 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, 16th Maine Infantry Regiment, 26th Maine Infantry Regiment, Axel Hayford, Bald Hill Cove, Bangor, Belfast, Brewer, Brian Swartz, Caleb Cushing, Cape Fear River, Castine, Charles Baker, Charleston, Coast Guards Infantry, Cumberland County, Dare, E. H. Faucon, East Battery, East Belfast, Edmund J. Brookings, Ellsworth American, Farmingdale, Fort Knox, Fort O'Brien, Fort Point, Gardiner, George Custer, George H. Pendleton, George O. Hall, Georgetown, Gorham, Irish Bend, John L. Hodsdon, Kingstree, Libby Prison, Little River, Machias, Machiasport, Macon, Maine Coast Guards, Minister’s Point, Nathaniel K. Sawyer, Nicholas Picerno, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, North Carolina, North Inlet, Passagassawakeag River, Penobscot Bay, Penobscot Narrows, Penobscot River, Port Hudson, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Prospect, R. H. Stanley, Raphael Semmes, Republican Journal, Revenue Service, Richmond, Robert Wiley, Rockland, Royal Navy, South Carolina, Steele’s Ledge, Stockton Springs, USS Aries, USS Montgomery, Verona Island, Waldo County, West Battery, William H. Simpson, wilmington, Winterport
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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
