FORT BENNING, Ga., (July 31, 2013) -- Going to the Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus means letting go of some things you thought you knew about the American Civil War.

Model 1860 Colts remained on board Union warships on the western waters throughout the war. Ships known to have received them were the Mount City, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cairo, Carondelet ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Melbourne marks 150 years since the arrival of a ship that "created havoc" during America's civil war, and recruited dozens of Australian men during its visit.

Dailymotion. What Are The American Myths:Civil War. Posted: October 14, 2024 | Last updated: October 14, 2024. Civil War myths both big and small persist to this day.

The Civil War changed the social, economic, and political landscape for women from every walk of American life—perhaps nowhere more so than in the field of nursing.

Many dads tinker in the backyard shed. William Atteridge of Natchitoches, La. was building masterpieces. His family didn’t realize it. “My mom wasn’t all that thrilled with Dad spending a ...

The history buff started building model ships from scratch in the mid-1970s. His inspiration: a trip to Vicksburg, Miss. to see the USS Cairo – the first vessel sunk by a remotely detonated mine ...

More than 600,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War. ... when a Portuguese ship brought about 20 enslaved African people to present-day Virginia.

The wreck of a Clyde-built paddle steamer bought by Confederate agents during the American Civil War is ... scale model of Iona I. The wreck of ... with another ship in 1862, so never reached the war.

15 of the most incredible beards rocked by the men who fought in the American Civil War in honor of ... U.S. Navy admiral who commanded several war ships for the Union Army during the Civil War.

The wreck of a Clyde-built paddle steamer bought by Confederate agents during the American Civil War is ... scale model of Iona I. The wreck of ... with another ship in 1862, so never reached the war.