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INDEX OF CIVIL WAR NAVAL FORCES
CONFEDERATE AND UNION SHIPS
General Information, Confederate States and United States navies
- Bibliography
- CS Blockade Running; US Blockade
- Collections: illustrations of individual ships
- Images of the "Navies", CS, US [Photographs]
- Ships of the Civil War [Descriptions, illustrations, alphabetically arranged]
- American Memory, Selected Civil War Photographs [Photographs]
- Confederate States Navy Ships [Brief descriptions, from the Dictionary of American Fighting Ships] [Descriptions of each ship, divided by type]
- Ships of the U.S. Navy [Ships' illustrations, descriptions, alphabetical]
- Raising the Civil War Gunboats [General information on sunken vessels and their modern rescue]
- Vessels of the Western Theatre [Illustrations, photographs]
- General Information
- Birth of the Confederate States Navy [History, from Confederate Military History] [Narrative history]
- CSN flags [Flags, colored illustrations, historical notes]
- Confederate Marine Corps [Reenactors' page: brief notes]
- Casualties, US Naval and Marine personnel [Statistical list]
- Civil War chronology [Timeline]
- Frequently asked questions [Dept. of the Navy, Historical Center, information]
- Glossary, Civil War ship types [Descriptions]
- Gunboats [US and CS navy types, illustrations]
- Naval War [Introduction, illustration] [General discussion]
- Sailor's life at sea [History, photograph, from The Image of War]
- Military (Genealogical) Records
- Naval Fleets, Squadrons, etc.; Naval Actions
- CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge [Illustration: off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864]
- Charleston, Naval operations [History, illustrations]
- Coastal warfare [Battles, NC, SC]
- Confederate States Navy [Capsule history]
- Ft. Johnson, Attack against, 2 July 1864 [History]
- Ft. Sumter, Ironclad attack against, 7 April 1863 [History, illustration]
- Mobile, Battle of, 5 August 1864 [History, illustration] [History] [History]
- USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia [History, illustrations]
- The Naval War [Capsule history]
- Navies in the Civil War [Northern, Southern comparisons]
- Plymouth, Battle of [Reenactors' page: regimental histories & ship rosters]
- St. Charles, AR, assault against [Capsule history, photographs, casualties]
- St. Marks, FL, action [History, illustrations]
- Tennessee River Expedition, 6-10 February 1862 [History]
- Texas coastal activities [Chronology, categorized by ships, events, etc.]
- Texas Marine Department [Reenactors page: capsule history]
- U.S. Navy, Western Theatre [History]
- Naval Personnel
- United States Navy
- Commodore William D. Porter [Photograph] [Photograph, December 1864, aboard U.S.S. Malvern]
- Cmdr. Matthew F. Maury [Illustration, biography]
- Cmdr. John Rodgers [Photograph]Navy Yard, Washington, DC: Marine Battalion [Photograph, April 1864]
- Marines at the Navy Yard, Washington, DC [Photograph, April 1864]
- United States Marine Corps [Outline history of Civil War years]
- Veterans, Buried in Australia [Biographical notes]
- Naval Web Rings
- Types of Vessels
Individual Ships
- C.S.S. Alabama [Cruiser, commerce raider] [University of Alabama "digital versions of documents and images associated with the ... Alabama"] [Photographed, Singapore, Dec 63] [Art print] [Illustration] [Description, illustration] [Narrative, "sinking of the C.S.S. Alabama"] [History, illustration] [History, illustration] [Archeological information (French)]
- C.S.S. Albemarle [Ironclad ram] [History, illustrations] [History, illustrations] [History] [Illustration, in fight with U.S.S. Sassacus] [Colored illustration: engaging Union warships near Plymouth, NC, 19 April 1864] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Arkansas [Ironclad] [History] [Illustration]
- C.S.S. Atlanta [Armored ram; see also, U.S.S. Atlanta] [Photograph: after capture, James River, Virginia, 1863] [Colored illustration: Hard Aground in Wassaw Sound During Action with U.S.S. Weehawken, June 17, 1863; history] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Baltic [Ironclad] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Bermuda [Blockade runner] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Chattahoochee [Gunboat] [Brief description] [Description, photograph: recovered stern section]
- C.S.S. Chicora [Ironclad] [Illustration, with C.S.S. Hunley; another with C.S.S. Columbia; another with C.S.S. Palmetto State] [Colored illustration: Leaving for Duty near Fort Sumter, 1863; brief history] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Columbia [Ironclad] [Colored illustration: Patrolling off Ft. Sumter, with C.S.S. Chicora]
- C.S.S. David [Torpedo boat] [Photograph: aground, at Charleston, 1865]
- C.S.S. Earl Van Dorn [Illustration, history]
- Emily St. Pierre [Blockade runner] [Colored illustration, with blockader, Star of the West] [Brief notes, photograph of Capt. Wilson]
- C.S.S. Flamingo [Blockade runner] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Florida [Cruiser, commerce raider] [Colored illustration: Firing across the bow, history] [Description, illustration] [Sonar image, scroll down]
- C.S.S. Gaines [Ironclad] [Description]
- C.S.S. General Polk [Converted side-wheel steamer] [History]
- C.S.S. Georgia [Cruiser] [Illustration] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Governor Moore [Cottonclad, sidewheel steamer] [History, illustration]
- H. L. Hunley [Submarine] [Description, history, illustration, from Dictionary of American Fighting Ships] [Description, illustration] [Colored illustration] [Colored illustration: Sinking the U.S.S. Housatonic off Charleston, S.C., February 17, 1864; history] [Collection of illustrations, current reports] [History, photographs: Hunley Submarine Recovery Information] [History, photographs, news; the SCV H.L. Hunley project] [News report, raising the vessel] [Discussion of the recovery of the vessel] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Huntsville [Ironclad] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Jackson [Ironclad ram] [Brief description] [Description, photograph of recovered hull]
- C.S.S. Jamestown [Photograph: sunken Confederate ships, Virginia and Jamestown]
- C.S.S. Livingston [Ferryboat, converted] [Description]
- C.S.S. Louisiana [Ironclad] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. McRae [Gunboat] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Manassas [Armored ram] [Illustration]
- Merrimac [see, C.S.S. Virginia]
- C.S.S. Neuse [Ironclad ram] [History, photographs, crew list, description, more]
- C.S.S. Patrick Henry [side-wheel steamship] [History, illustration]
- Planter [side-wheel steamship] [Description, photographs]
- Robert E. Lee [blockade-runner] [Photograph: U.S.S. Fort Donelson, formerly Confederate blockade-runner, Robert E. Lee, 1864]
- Ruby [blockade runner] [Photograph: beached hulk of British-built blockade runner at Folly Island, SC, 1863]
- C.S.S. Savannah [Richmond class ironclad] [Colored illustration: Exchanging Fire with Union Field Guns, December 21, 1864; history] [Colored illustration: C.S.S. Savannah Returning to the Waterfront from Duty near Fort Jackson, 1864; history]
- C.S.S. Selma [Ironclad] [Description, from Dictionary of American Fighting Ships]
- C.S.S. Shenandoah [Cruiser, commerce raider] [Capsule history, photograph] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Spray [Muster roll] [Illustration, scroll down]
- C.S.S. Stonewall [Ironclad ram] [Photograph]
- C.S.S. Sumter [Cruiser, commerce raider] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Teaser [Photograph: James River, VA; bow of Confederate gunboat] [Photograph: James River, VA; deck of Confederate gunboat]
- C.S.S. Tennessee [Ironclad ram] [Photograph, in Algiers, LA, 1864] [Description, from Dictionary of American Fighting Ships] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. Texas [Ironclad] [Description, illustration]
- C.S.S. United States [sailing frigate] [Description, illustrations]
- C.S.S. Virginia [Ironclad ram] [History, illustrations, more] [History, illustration, documents] [Colored illustration: Returning fire, March 9, 1862; history] [Illustration, engaging USS Congress] [Colored illustration, as C.S.S. Virginia engages U.S.S. Monitor] [Engraving, 1863] [Illustration] [Postage stamp illustration] [Photograph] [Historical notes] [Maps, illustrations]
- C.S.S. Virginia II
The following two photographs are misidentified in Library of Congress as C.S.S. Virginia (I) (correction by Mabry Tyson): [Photograph : James River, VA, Sunken Confederate ships, Virginia and Jamestown] [Photograph: Battered smokestack from C.S.S. Virginia II]
W. B. Terry [Capture of, Aug 61]
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Individual Ships
- U.S.S. Agawam [History, roster, photograph] [Photograph misidentified by Library of Congress as U.S.S. Mendota; correction supplied by Terry Foenander, #1] [Photograph misidentified by Library of Congress as U.S.S. Mendota; correction supplied by Terry Foenander, #2] [Photographs, James River, 1864; courtesy of Terry Foenander, #3-4]
- U.S.S. Albatross [Photograph]
- U.S.S. Alexandria [Side-wheel steamer] [Illustration]
- U.S.S. Argosy [Stern-wheel steamer] [Illustration]
- U.S.S. Atlanta
- U.S.S. Baron DeKalb [City-class ironclad] [Photograph, history] [Roster]
- U.S.S. Benton [Ironclad] [Roster, photograph]
- Breaker [Capture of, Corpus Christi, TX, Aug 62]
- U.S.S. Brooklyn [Frigate] [Illustration]
- U.S.S. Cairo [Ironclad gunboat] [Photographs, history] [Photograph] [Colored illustration: Sinking of the Union Ironclad Gunboat U.S.S. Cairo by torpedoes in the Yazoo River; history]
- U.S.S. Canonicus [Monitor] [Photograph: James River, VA, taking on coal from a schooner]
- U.S.S. Carondelet [Roster]
- U.S.S. Casco [Monitor] [Photograph, James River, 1865]
- U.S.S. Catskill [Monitor] [Photograph: Deck and officers, 1865]
- U.S.S. Ceres [Roster]
- U.S.S. Chickasaw [Roster]
- U.S.S. Choctaw [Roster]
- U.S.S. Cincinnati [Roster] [Photograph]
- U.S.S. Commodore Barney [Ferryboat, converted] [Photograph, James River, 1863]
- U.S.S. Commodore Perry [Ferryboat, converted] [Photograph, Pamunkey River, VA, 1864]
- U.S.S. Congress [frigate] [Illustration, on fire from CSS Virginia's guns]
- U.S.S. Constellation [frigate] [History, illustrations]
- U.S.S. Cricket [Tinclad] [Reenactors' page: history, photograph]
- U.S.S. Cumberland [Sonar image]
- U.S.S. Eastport [Gunboat] [History]
- U.S.S. Essex [Ironclad gunboat] [History, illustration] [Roster]
- Fanny [Steam transport] [Capture of, Oct 61]
- U.S.S. Fort Donelson [Photograph: former Confederate blockade-runner, Robert E. Lee, 1864]
- Galena [Ironclad gunboat] [Photograph, James River, VA, 1862: deck and damaged stack]
- U.S.S. General Grant [Side-wheel river gun boat] [Photograph, James River, 1864]
- U.S.S. Glide [river gunboat] [Description, photograph]
- Hannah [Destruction of, Corpus Christi, TX, Aug 62]
- U.S.S. Harvest Moon [Capsule history, specifications, photographs]
- U.S.S. Henry [Internal rules, regulations]
- U.S.S. Horace Beals [Illustration]
- U.S.S. Housatonic [Colored illustration: Sinking the U.S.S. Housatonic off Charleston, SC, February 17, 1864; history]
- U.S.S. Hunchback [side-wheel gunboat] [Description, photographs]
- U.S.S. Kansas [Gunboat] [Photograph]
- U.S.S. Kearsarge [Description, from Dictionary of American Fighting Ships] [Reenactors' page: history, photographs] [Photograph: Capt. Winslow and officers after sinking the C.S.S. Alabama] [Colored illustration: C.S.S. Alabama and U.S.S. Kearsarge off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864; history] [History, illustration]
- U.S.S. Lehigh [Monitor] [Photograph, James River, 1863] [Brief notes, photograph]
- Linda [Transport] [PhotographLinda with monitor, Deep Bottom, VA]
- U.S.S. Louisville [Roster] []
- U.S.S. Malvern[History, illustration] [Photograph: Adm. David D. Porter and staff, Hampton Roads, VA, 1864]
- Maple Leaf [Roster]
- U.S.S. Maratanza [Photograph: James River, VA, 1862]
- U.S.S. Mendota [Side-wheel gunboat]
The following photographs are misidentified by the Library of Congress as the U.S.S. Mendota: [Photograph (actually U.S.S. Agawam; correction by Thomas Apple, Terry Foenander)] [Photograph (actually U.S.S. Agawam; correction by Thomas Apple, Terry Foenander)] [Photograph: Officers and crew, 1864 (actually U.S.S. Miami; correction by Terry Foenander)]
- U.S.S. Miami [side-wheel gunboat] [Roster, 1864] [Description, photographs]
[Photograph: Dahlgren gun crew, 1864]
- U.S.S. Milwaukee [Roster]
- U.S.S. Mississippi [frigate] [Illustration]
- U.S.S. Monitor [Monitor] [History, illustrations] [Engraving] [History, illustration, documents] [Postage stamp illustration] [Colored illustration: U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia ... March 9, 1862 ; history] [Historical notes] [Photograph: turret, showing damage] [Photograph: similar view] [Personal narrative, from Century Magazine, 1886, recounting loss of ship] [Photograph: Sailors relaxing on deck, James River, VA] [Photograph: similar view, with cookstove] [Photograph: Officers grouped by the turret, 1862] [Maps, illustrations]
- U.S.S. Monongahela [steam screw sloop] [Description, photographs]
- U.S.S. Monticello [Incident, Sewell's Point, VA, May 61]
- U.S.S. Mound City [In assault against St. Charles; history, photograph, casualties] [Roster] [Photograph]
- U.S.S. Nahant [Passaic class monitor] [Description, photographs]
- U.S.S. Neosho [Roster]
- U.S.S. New Hampshire [Photograph: Powder monkey by gun]
- U.S.S. Onondaga [Double-turreted monitor] [Colored illustration, patrolling the James River, history] [Photograph, on the James River, 1864] [Photograph, Aiken's Landing, 1864] [Photograph] [Similar photograph] [Photograph: Soldiers in rowboat, James River, VA, 1864]
- U.S.S. Osage [Roster]
- U.S.S. Ossipee [steam screw-sloop] [Description, photographs]
- U.S.S. Ottawa [Reenactors' page: capsule history]
- U.S.S. Pawnee [Photograph: Adm. John A. Dahlgren] [Photograph: Adm. John A. Dahlgren (5th from left) and staff, Charleston Harbor] [Photograph: Crew, starboard battery, quarterdeck, Charleston Harbor] [Photograph: Charleston Harbor, howitzer on deck]
- U.S.S. Pensacola [Steam frigate]
[Photograph, in Alexandria, VA, 1861]
- U.S.S. Peosta [History, illustration] [Photograph, history: Tennessee River voyages]
- U.S.S. Petrel [OR reports of capture, 22 April 64]
- U.S.S. Philadelphia [Photograph: Officers in front of pilot house] [Colored photograph: Salvaged vessel, forward half]
- U.S.S. Pittsburg [Roster]
- U.S.S. Planter [side-wheel steamship] [Description, photographs]
- U.S.S. Queen of the West [Photograph]
- U.S.S. Ratler [Tinclad gunboat] [Illustration, discussion of gunboats]
- U.S.S. Sabine [school ship] [Photograph]
- U.S.S. Sacramento [steam screw-sloop] [Description, photographs]
- U.S.S. St. Louis [1st Eads ironclad gunboat, renamed Baron DeKalb, Oct 1862] [Photograph, 1862]
- Samuel Orr [Capture of, Aug 61]
- U.S.S. Sangamon [Passaic class monitor] [Description, photograph]
- U.S.S. Sassacus [Illustration, in fight with C.S.S. Albemarle]
- U.S.S. Saugus [Monitor] [Colored illustration: Firing on Confederate Ironclads in the James River, June 21, 1864; capsule history]
- U.S.S. Southfield [Roster]
- U.S.S. Star of the West [Colored illustration, with blockade runner, Emily St. Pierre]
- Sultana [Sultana disaster, 1865: history, photograph; personal narratives]
[History, photographs] [Searchable database]
- U.S.S. Switzerland [Photograph]
- U.S.S. Tecumseh [Monitor] [History, illustration] [Illustration]
- U.S.S. Vermont [blocade vessel, storeship] [Description, photographs]
- U.S.S. Wabash [steam screw-frigate] [Description, illustrations]
- U.S.S. Washington Irving [transport] [Photograph: Appomattox River, VA]
- U.S.S. Weehawken [Monitor] [Colored illustration: Action with U.S.S. Weehawken, June 17, 1863] [Riding out a storm, illustration]
- U.S.S. Whitehead [Roster]
- U.S.S. Yankee [Incident, Gloucester Point, VA, May 61]
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