24 MARCH 1865 CSS STONEWALL In the early years of the Civil War Confederate agents engaged British shipbuilding firms in laying warships for the Confederacy. One such warship, Stonewall, was designed to be an able challenger to Union blockaders. In her Read More
5 AUGUST 1864 CDR TUNIS CRAVEN, HERO OF MOBILE BAY To a boy from Portsmouth, NH, the life of the sea seemed natural, thus, when Tunis Augustus MacDonough Craven was appointed a Midshipman on 2 February 1829, no one was surprised. Read More