Halls of Honor
The U.S. Navy Museum takes you on an informed and entertaining romp through one of North America s oldest and finest military museums. The museum has been in continuous operation at the Washington Navy Yard since the American Civil War DVD

USS and CSS Navy Ships and Battles
American Civil War

Raise The Alabama
She was known as "the ghost ship." During the Civil War, the CSS Alabama sailed over 75,000 miles and captured more than 60 Union vessels. But her career came to an end in June of 1864 when she was sunk by the USS Kearsarge off the coast of Northern France DVD

**Confederate Naval Ships**
CSS Admiral CSS Alabama CSS Albemarle CSS Arkansas CSS Atlanta CSS Bayou City CSS Calhoun CSS Darlington CSS De Soto CSS Florida CSS General Bragg CSS General Sterling Price CSS Governor Moore H.L. Hunley - Submarine CSS Jackson CSS Jefferson Davis	CSS McRae CSS Muscogee CSS Nashville CSS Queen of the West CSS Saint Patrick CSS Savannah CSS Selma CSS Shenandoah CSS Stonewall CSS Stonewall Jackson CSS Sumter CSS Teaser CSS Tennessee CSS Texas CSS Virginia CSS William Hewes	Blockade Runners Advance Banshee Bat Cherokee Douglas Ella and Annie	Blockade Runners Florida Margaret and Jessie Robert E Lee Thistle Thomas L. Wragg Wando

**Union Naval Ships**
USS Adela USS Alabama USS Argosy USS Aries USS Arizona USS Aroostook USS Augusta USS Atlanta USS Bainbridge USS Bazely USS Belle USS Bienville USS Brooklyn USS Calhoun USS Cambridge USS Catskill USS Cayuga USS Champion USS Cherokee USS Corondelet USS Cumberland USS Dacotah USS Darlington USS Dawn	USS Dandelion USS Daylight USS Decatur USS De Soto USS Diana USS Dictator USS Dumbarton USS Elk USS Ellen USS Essex USS Estrella USS Eutaw USS Fawn USS Fern USS Flag USS Florida USS Forest Rose USS Fort Donelson USS Fort Hindman USS Fort Jackson USS Frolic USS Galena USS General Lyon	USS General Price USS General William Putnam USS General Sherman USS Genesee USS Gettysburg USS Glide USS Harriet Lane USS Hatteras USS Hendrick Hudson USS Housatonic USS James Adger USS Kearsarge USS Malvern USS Maratanza USS Maria Denning USS Metacomet USS Miami USS Miantonomoh USS Monitor USS Montauk USS Neosho USS Octorara	USS Onandaga USS Osage USS Putnam USS San Jacinto USS Sassacus USS Saugus USS Shawnee USS Southfield USS St. Louis USS Tecumseh USS Tennessee USS Vanderbilt USS Varuna USS Wabash USS Wachusett USS Wando USS Weehawken USS Westfield USS William Brown USS Winnebago USS Wyoming

Naval Battles

CSS Virginia vs USS Congress
CSS Virginia vs USS Cumberland

Battle of the Ironclads USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia

Hampton Roads Virginia March 1862
Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip Mississippi Passage April 1862
Drewry's Bluff Fort Darling Naval Action May 15,1862
Fort Pillow and Memphis Tennessee May June 1862
Gun-boats Galena and Mahaska shelling the Rebels at Harrison's Landing July 2, 1862
Union Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th 1863
Mobile Bay August 1864
Fort Fisher North Carolina January 1865

Ship Types
Ram Monitors Submarines

Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861 volume.
It depicts ten of the "90-Day Gunboats" constructed for the U.S. Navy in 1861-62.
Ships, as identified below the image bottom, are (from left, all USS): Chippewa , Sciota , Itasca , Winona , Huron , Ottawa , Pembina , Seneca , Unadilla and Sagamore
US Navy Civil War Gunboats

Red River Campaign, 1864
Rear Admiral Porter's fleet above the falls at Alexandria, Louisiana, awaiting the rise of the river, circa May 1864.
Ships moored along the far river bank include (from left to right): ironclad Mound City , two "City" class ironclads (either Carondelet , Louisville or Pittsburg ), transport William H. Brown , steamer Benefit , tug Dahlia and ironclad Neosho (in the distance, barely visible).
Union navy City Class Ship

Union navy City Class Ship

CSS Nashville
Confederate naval Ship CSS Nashville
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Reign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack
The first ironclad ships to fight each other, the Monitor and the Virginia (Merrimack), were the unique products of American design genius

War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor
The experience of the men aboard the Monitor and their reactions to the thrills and dangers that accompanied the new machine. The invention surrounded men with iron and threatened their heroism, their self-image as warriors, even their lives

Life in Mr. Lincoln's Navy
A tantalizing glimpse into the hardships endured by the naval leadership to build and recruit a fighting force. The seaman endured periods of boredom, punctuated by happy social times and terrifying bouts of battle horror

Confederate Phoenix: The CSS Virginia
The CSS Virginia of the Confederate States Navy destroyed two of the most formidable warships in the U.S. Navy. Suddenly, with this event, every wooden warship in every navy in the world became totally obsolete

"Merchant Steamers Converted into Gun-boats."
Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861 volume.
It depicts thirteen merchant steamships acquired by the U.S. Navy between April and August 1861 and subsequently converted into warships, plus the steamer Nashville (far left), which became a Confederate cruiser.
U.S. Navy ships, as identified below the image bottom, are (from left to right: Alabama , Quaker City , Santiago de Cuba (listed as "St. Jago de Cuba", Mount Vernon , Massachusetts , South Carolina , Florida , De Soto , Augusta , James Adger , Monticello , Bienville and R.R. Cuyler .
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Pontoon Boat on Wheels

Civil War Submarines
Civil War Naval Timeline
Confederate Naval History
Civil War Battles by Campaign
Civil War Period Maps
Timeline of the Civil War
State Battle Maps
Women Soldiers in the Civil War
Civil War Picture Album
Civil War Summary
Civil War Store

Civil War Naval Book Titles
Naval Strategies of the Civil War: Confederate Innovations and Federal Opportunism Compare and contrast the strategies of the Southern Secretary of the Navy, Mallory, against his rival in the North, Welles. Mallory used technological innovation and the skill of individuals to bolster the South's seapower against the Union Navy's superior numbers	Confederate Ironclad 1861-65 Every aspect of Confederate ironclads is covered: design, construction, armor, armament, life on board, strategy, tactics, and actual combat actions.	Reign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack The first ironclad ships to fight each other, the Monitor and the Virginia (Merrimack), were the unique products of American design genius	Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston Civil War history of Galveston is one of the last untold stories from America's bloodiest war, despite the fact that Galveston was a focal point of hostilities throughout the conflict. Galveston emerged as one of the Confederacy's only lifelines to the outside world.
The Hunley: Submarines, Sacrifice, and Success in the Civil War Information on the contruction of the first successful submarine and the mishaps that plagued it. The photos and illustrations are great. You really get the feeling of the importance of this vessel and the dedication of the crew and the designers of the submarine	Confederate Blockade Runner 1861-65 The blockade runners of the Civil War usually began life as regular fast steam-powered merchant ships. They were adapted for the high-speed dashes through the Union blockade which closed off all the major Southern ports, and for much of the war they brought much-needed food, clothing and weaponry to the Confederacy	Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama In July 1862, the Confederate captain Raphael Semmes received orders to report to Liverpool, where he would take command of a secret new British-built steam warship. His mission: to prey on Union commercial vessels and undermine the North's ability to continue the war	The Hunt for the Albemarle: Anatomy of a Gunboat War The Confederate ironclad Albemarle was the key to the river wars in North Carolina. Flusser's search for this ship would determine the success or failure of the Union navy in securing the North Carolina coast and rivers. James Cooke and the Confederates knew their only chance to break the blockade was with the new ironclad.

Sources:
U.S. National Park Service
U.S. Library of Congress
US Naval Archives