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Home / Society / History / By Region / North America / United States / Wars / Civil War / Navies
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- C.S.S. Hunley Submarine Recovery Information - News and information on the recovery of this Confederate submarine.
www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cwchas/hunley.html
- Civil War Naval Time Line - Historical information from the Department of the Navy.
www.history.navy.mil/wars/civilwar.htm
- Confederate Navy Index - Information about individuals who served in the Confederate Navy. From Library of Virginia collection.
image.vtls.com/collections/CN.html
- Confederate States Navy - Dedicated to the memory of the gallant and too often unknown sailors and marines of the C.S. Navy.
www.csnavy.org
- CSS Neuse State Historic Site - Resembling a river barge, this Confederate ironclad built to help an attempt to regain control of the Neuse River was destroyed by its crew in 1865 when Union forces captured Kinston NC.
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/neuse/neuse.htm
- CSS Virginia - Previously known as USS Merrimack, the CSS Virginia is known for the historic battle against the Monitor. Historical documents and bibliography pertaining to this famous Confederate ironclad.
cssvirginia.org
- History of the H.L. Hunley - The US Navy's page on the history of this Confederate submarine.
www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-3.htm
- Ironclad Attack Against Ft. Sumter, 1863 - Although not successful, this attack by Union ironclads on the well-fortified Ft. Sumter was a daring move.
www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cwchas/ironclad63main.html
- Ironclads and Blockade Runners - For the navies, the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Fort Sumter was fired upon and ended on June 23, 1865 with the official raising of the blockade. However, the first shots of the war were really those fired at the steamer Star of the West as she approached Charleston Harbor on January 9, 1861 and the cruiser CSS Shenandoah did not finally haul down her flag until November 7, 1865.
www.ameritech.net/users/maxdemon/ironclad.htm
- Merchant Marine in Civil War - Role of the Union Merchant Marine, the Confederate raiders, and two African-American Mariner heroes: William Tillman and Robert Smalls.
www.USMM.org/civilwar.html
- Monitor National Marine Sanctuary - The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is a marine protected area containing the remains of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor, which sank off Hatteras, NC in 1862.
www.nos.noaa.gov/nmsp/monitor
- Navies in the Civil War - Quite a few photographs, links, and information pertaining to the role that navies played in the Civil War.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2391/navy1.html
- Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion - A compilation published under the direction of the Secretary of Navy, Superintendent of Naval War records, and Robert H. Woods in 1894. From Cornell University's Making of America Project.
moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/moa_browse.html
- Sinking of the Ironclad USS Monitor - A survivor's recollection of the loss of the historic Union ironclad ship Monitor in a gale off Cape Hatteras following the American Civil War.
ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Brad_Haugaard/monitor.htm
- The American Civil War Naval War - This website is designed to provide the reader with a brief insight into a little known aspect of the late Rebellion, The Naval War.
www.civilwarhome.com/navalwar.htm
- The Boat-Burners & the Steamer Sultana - A look at the sabotage of the Sultana which caused 1800 deaths, mostly Union POWs returning north.
www.civilwarstlouis.com/boatburners/index.htm
- The C.S.S. Sumter - The first man-of-war to get to sea under the Confederate flag.
www.navalships.org/csssumter.html
- The Hunley Project - Information on the Sons of Confederate Veterans CSS H.L. Hunley Project, concerning the submarine that launched the era of undersea war during the US Civil War.
members.aol.com/litespdcom
- The Pook Turtle Project - The reconstructed USS Carondolet will be a floating museum resurrecting the history of the US Navy during the Civil War.
www.pookturtle.org
- Torpedoes in the Civil War - The Civil War was the first war in which the widespread use of torpedoes played a large part in its tactics of naval warfare. This page offers photographs and information on several different kinds of torpedoes.
battle.netgate.net/civil.htm
- Union Blockade of Galveston Harbor - The U.S. Navy began a blockade of Galveston Harbor in July 1861, but the town remained in Confederate hands for the next 14 months. This page also includes a "Civil War Exhibit" and timeline.
www.americancivilwar.com/texas/galv.html
- USS Cairo Gunboat - The U.S.S. Cairo was part of a group of powerful ironclads and on them rested in large part, Northern hopes to regain control of the lower Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
www.nps.gov/vick/cairo/cairo.htm
- When Liverpool Was Dixie - True story of what happened in Liverpool, England during the years 1861-1865. In memory of Commander James Dunwoody Bulloch CSN, the man responsible for the Florida, Alabama, and the Shenandoah, plus a host of other vessels.
www.csa-dixie.com/Liverpool_Dixie
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