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Tag Archives: USS Minnesota
The First Draft of Naval History: USS Minnesota’s Deck Log and the Battle of Hampton Roads
In naval circles, the deck log is sacred. It is a ship’s official record, documenting location, weather, personnel and supply transfers, and changes in course and speed. Anything significant, important, or novel is recorded in a ship’s log and signed … Continue reading
Ships vs Forts 1861: Off to the Races
L to R: USS Harriet Lane (background), USS Wabash, USS Minnesota, USS Pawnee It was unthinkable for wooden warships in the long age of sail to engage massive forts mounting huge guns often firing heated shot plunging from the heights. … Continue reading
Posted in Artillery, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Navies
Tagged Atlantic Blockading Squasron, Battle of Port Royal, civil-war-forts, Columbiad, Dahlgren smoothbore, Flag Officer Samuel F. DuPont, Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham, Fort Beauregard, Fort Clark, Fort Hatteras, Fort Walker, frigate, gunboats, Hilton Head Island, North Carolina Sounds, P. G. T. Beauregard, sloop-of-war, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, steam vessels, The Great Naval Expedition, USS Cumberland, USS Harriet Lane, USS Indianola, USS Isaac Smith, USS Minnesota, USS Montecello, USS Pawnee, USS Pocahontas, USS Susqauehanna, USS Wabash
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The First Contraband Combatants
“The scene on board the flag-ship was novel and thrilling. The thunder of the conflict drowned all other noises,” wrote historian John S. C. Abbott.[1] In one of the first Civil War histories, written while it happened, Abbott employed elegant … Continue reading
Posted in Navies, USCT
Tagged African American sailors, black history, black history month, black-history-2019, Civil War Navy, USCT, USS Minnesota
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Slaves and Sailors in the Civil War
The enlistment of African Americans as soldiers in the United States Army during the Civil War is a well-examined topic, but less appreciated is the story of freedmen and former slaves as sailors in the navy. Wartime experiences of these … Continue reading
Posted in Navies, USCT
Tagged African American sailors, African American soldiers, Battle of Mobile Bay, black history, black history month, black-history-2018, Civil War Navy, contraband, freedmen, fugitive slaves, integrated, Isaac Chauncy, John H. Lawson, maritime history, Medal of Honor, Oliver H. Perry, racially integrated, second great awakening, Union Blockade, USS Constitution, USS Hartford, USS Minnesota, War of 1812
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