Table of Contents

The Western Flotilla’s Mortar Boats
By Gary McQuarrie

Acting Volunteer Lt. Thomas B. Gregory: “One of the Very Best Fighting Men”
By Ron Field

Draftsmen in the Confederate Navy’s Office of Ordnance and Hydrography
By Guy R. Hasegawa

Naval Illustrators: Frank Vizetelly: ‘Special Artist’ for The London Illustrated News
By Gary McQuarrie 

From the Naval Archives: The 1861 Totten Report
By Neil P. Chatelain

Naval Bookshelf: The Old War Horse: The USS Benton on Western Waters, 1853-1865
Reviewed By David Welker 

Naval Valor: “Captain of the Watch: Sailed with Farragut” 
By Gary McQuarrie