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Sailor and an Artist – Robert Weir of the USS Richmond
Aboard the USS Richmond, floating just off Pensacola Bay, Third Engineer Robert F. Weir sat in his “little cosey, hot, office,” hard at work penning letters to his wife and composing sketches for Harpers Weekly. These letters, accompanied by doodles … 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
Strategy Afloat: Fleets in Being
As Sam Smith wraps up his excellent series on the Albemarle’s short and violent career, we should take a moment to reflect on what the ironclad actually spent much of her time (from May to October 1864) as: a “fleet in being.” … Continue reading
The Less Famous Lee
A devastated Robert E. Lee arrived too late for his older brother’s funeral in 1869. “A sad gap in our family… a grievous affliction to me which I must bear as well as I can,” he tearfully remarked to Mary, his … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Navies
Tagged Commadore Mathew Perry, Confederate Naval Academy, Confederate Navy, Drewry's Bluff, Elizabeth River, Gosport Navy Yard, James River, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond Virginia, Robert E. Lee, Sydney Smith Lee, Union Navy
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