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Happened across these upcoming Civil War naval history events at the Mariners Museum while looking at the USS Monitor exhibit online. Anyone in the Newport News area might be interested (links to a few other CW naval issues are at the bottom of the linked pages including one presentation on the use of pieces of other "Monitors" in 20th century versions and a statistical look at the blockade-runner Modern Greece):
Civil War Lecture: Characteristics of a Confederate Ironclad
January 9, 2016 @ 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Russell Mallory recognized from the war's onset that the South required ironclads for port defense to maintain the cotton-for-cannon trade with Europe. Confederate shipbuilders exhibited great creativity, resourcefulness and resolve in order to construct the first ironclad vessels. They focused on casemated gun decks, use of 2 rifled pivot guns, a shallow draft, and almost always included a ram on the ship's bow. Over 30 ironclads were laid down; yet only 23 were in active service.
Civil War Lecture: View the Monitor Through Photos
February 13, 2016 @ 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Presented by: Will Hoffman, Project Manager and Senior Conservator, USS Monitor Project
Although there aren't any known photographs of the interior of USS Monitor showing spaces such as the officer's quarters or engine room and its machinery; much of the interior of the ironclad can still be seen through other documentation of the period such as photographs of other ironclad, drawing, and engravings etc. Please join us on an hour long tour through the "Cheesebox-on-a-raft" and get an inside view of the ship! Learn why people lined up to see the inside of this revolutionary vessel!
Civil War Lecture: Characteristics of a Confederate Ironclad
January 9, 2016 @ 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Russell Mallory recognized from the war's onset that the South required ironclads for port defense to maintain the cotton-for-cannon trade with Europe. Confederate shipbuilders exhibited great creativity, resourcefulness and resolve in order to construct the first ironclad vessels. They focused on casemated gun decks, use of 2 rifled pivot guns, a shallow draft, and almost always included a ram on the ship's bow. Over 30 ironclads were laid down; yet only 23 were in active service.
Civil War Lecture: View the Monitor Through Photos
February 13, 2016 @ 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Presented by: Will Hoffman, Project Manager and Senior Conservator, USS Monitor Project
Although there aren't any known photographs of the interior of USS Monitor showing spaces such as the officer's quarters or engine room and its machinery; much of the interior of the ironclad can still be seen through other documentation of the period such as photographs of other ironclad, drawing, and engravings etc. Please join us on an hour long tour through the "Cheesebox-on-a-raft" and get an inside view of the ship! Learn why people lined up to see the inside of this revolutionary vessel!
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