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The Confederacy began the war with no navy at all. The man named to be the Confederate Secretary of the Navy, Stephen R. Mallory, was determined that the Confederacy should built a fleet of iron ships that could destroy wooden ships at will. By the fall of 1861, the steam frigate Merrimack, which had been scuttled by the Union when Norfolk was abandoned, had iron plates bolted onto her. This technology that came out of the Civil War would change naval warefare forever.
Terror on the Mississippi: The Sultana Disaster, Part I
In the early morning hours of April 27th, 1865, the greatest maritime disaster in American history took place on the Mississippi River. Despite a loss of life exceeding even the Titanic disaster, few people today know about it. Guest-author Curtis Payne tells us about this often overlooked tragedy.
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