The USS Chancellorsville, named for an 1863 battle in Virginia remembered as a major victory for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, will be renamed for Robert Smalls, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del ...

The siege of Charleston, 150 years ago in April 1863, turned out to be a debacle for the Union Navy. Union Adm. Samuel DuPont’s worst fears were realized. Steering was a problem for the monitors ...

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