A few of my posts about naval topics on the Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial blog:
- Those Old Ships of the Line. A short look at the old sailing ships-of-the-line on the Navy’s register at the start of the Civil War.
- USS Tyler and the Timberclads. The Tyler and two sister gunboats proved well worth their price in the ravine warfare on the Mississippi and tributaries. On a similar, but more “coastal” theme, Seaman Rob posted about some of the converted steamers used on blockade duties in the brackish waters.
- The USS Brooklyn and Fort Sumter. A look at the events sending a US sloop of war into the secession crisis in January 1861. I made a follow up post on this side with more of the “tactical” details.
- Birth of the brown water navy – the Mississippi River Flotilla.
- Navy Mortars: Looking at the river mortar boats and the mortar schooners used in the spring of 1862.
- A look at the battle of Plum Point Bend.
