Myron J. Smith, Jr, the author of many works on the naval side of the Civil War, such as The Timberclads in the Civil War, Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters, and Joseph Brown and His Civil ...

A short History Clip of how the Ironclad ships were used during the Civil War. And the battle between the Css Virginia and the USS Monitor. The Civil War history runs deep in Virginia!

Books of Interest The Battle of Manila: Poisoned Victory in the Pacific War The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to ... Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the ...

Friday's 150th anniversary of the pivotal battle between the Civil War's first ironclad ships at Hampton Roads, Va., arrived without fanfare in the city that forged the resilient iron skin of the ...

Turret of sunken Civil War ironclad rich in artifacts. Silver tableware, other galley items found in Monitor's gun emplacement. By LEE BOWMAN, SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Dec 26, 2002.

On August 16, 1867, a young farmer named Alfred McDonald Sargent Johnson walked into the courthouse of Cherokee County, Georgia. He had an oath to swear. The effects of the Civil War were still ...

Vorenberg’s new book expands on his past scholarship on the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, which consist of several articles and books. His first book, “Final Freedom: The Civil War, the ...