Flag Officer Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont commanded the Union’s South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, responsible for the coast from South Carolina to the tip of Florida. He was not at…
Flag Officer Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont commanded the Union’s South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, responsible for the coast from South Carolina to the tip of Florida. He was not at…
Stephen F. Blanding’s book Recollections of a Sailor Boy: or Cruise of the Gunboat Louisiana (click title to download book) recounts his experiences as Ship’s Boy, and later Carpenter’s Mate.…
Andrew Duppstadt, author of the recent article about Confederate States Navy officer, Lt. Frances L. Hoge, in the Fall 2019 issue of Civil War Navy—The Magazine (Volume 7, No. 2, p 39-47), adapted…
Farragut’s Captain. Percival Drayton, 1861-1865: Lectures Gary McQuarrie, October 15, 2019, Union League, Philadelphia—Peter Barratt, author of Farragut’s Captain: Percival Drayton, 1861-1865 (Lulu Publishing Services, 2018) and his editor, Richard…
Lt. Francis Lyell Hoge, CSN: “An Able and True Officer” Gary McQuarrie October 11, 2019 Civil War Navy—The Magazine, Fall 2019, Volume 7, Issue 2—Francis Lyell Hoge, from Moundsville,…
Dr. George Holmes Bixby: Photographer on the Western Rivers Gary McQuarrie June 28, 2019 G.A.R. Hall, Gettysburg, PA—Ron Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine, and Doug York,…
NEWS Summary FOR CIVILWARNAVY.COM Written by Joan Wenner Recovered USS Monitor Dahlgren Gun Conservation Newport News, Virginia—At the official repository of the artifacts of the recovered USS Monitor ironclad, The Mariners’…
Civil War Navy—The Magazine Supports Old Baldy Civil War Round Table (Philadelphia) Civil War Navy Symposium, October 20, 2018 Camden, NJ—On Saturday, October 20, 2018, the Old Baldy Civil War…