He looks at Rebel and Yankee ironclads in action on March 8 and analyzes the broader implications both in terms of military and civilian response.Ī number of things stood out to me as I read through this book. Huhges discusses the origins, developments, and introduction of ironclad technology. Unlike Anything that Ever Floated, by Dwight Sturtevant Hughes, takes on the famous battle of Hampton Roads between the ironclads CSS Virginia and USS Monitor. Both look closely at operations in 1862 - one in the Eastern Theater and the other in the West, and in so doing offer much to consider about the broader contexts of war. The good folks at Savas Beatie have published two such books this year as part of the growing Emerging Civil War Series. The development and implementation of new technology, strategy and tactics, diplomacy, personal stuff like living conditions and day-to-day activities (think of a maritime version of Hardtack and Coffee!!)…even such issues as state rights can come more clearly into focus through a study of Civil War navies. And if this is true for the armies it is true for the navies as well (is there a “drums and bugles” equivalent for the navy?) So…I would suggest that we can learn a lot from studying Civil War navies and naval operations. But as I have stated before, a focus on the military isn’t just a study of “drums and bugles” but rather a way to get at any number of topics. Now this is just an idea, but military history - at least the traditional understanding of it - doesn’t get the love it once did. Seems strange - seeing that the coasts and rivers loomed so large in the epic Civil War narrative and were in fact a key factor in overall Union strategy. Bielski A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 (Savas Beatie, 2021).ĭwight Sturtevant Hughes Unlike Anything that Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862 (Savas Beatie, 2021).Ĭivil War navies do not get nearly the same attention as other branches of the military.
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