An inside look at the Confederacy's military science and technology Loaded with previously unavailable information about the Confederate Navy's effort to supply

His copious correspondence about military and personal matters from the war yields detailed and often unexpected insights into the Confederacy's naval operation

The Ironclad was a revolutionary weapon of war. Although iron was used for protection in the Far East during the 16th century, it was the 19th century and the A

One was called "a tin can on a shingle"; the other, "a half-submerged crocodile." Yet, on a March day in 1862 in Hampton Roads, Virginia, after a five-hour duel

Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies we