The Civil War Sailor & Marine Magazine & Association

05/15/2026

DNA reveals 4 lost men from the doomed Franklin polar expedition
The new research also solved an enduring mystery of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus and Terror.

The new research also solved an enduring mystery of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus and Terror.

05/07/2026

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05/02/2026

How Do You Lift a 30,000-Pound Mast From a Warship Built a Record-Breaking 261 Years Ago? With a Really, Really Big Crane
HMS “Victory” served in the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. It’s the world’s oldest warship still in commission—but it’s in desperate need of repairs

HMS "Victory" served in the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. It's the world’s oldest warship still in commission—but it's in desperate need of repairs

03/26/2026

In this interview from the series A Word on Westerns, actor Alex Hyde-White discusses his experience filming the 1991 TNT movie Ironclads, where he played the lead role of Catesby Jones. He highlights the "bold" vision of Ted Turner, who backed the project, and describes working under the direction of Academy Award-winner Delbert Mann [01:02]. Hyde-White shares interesting production details, such as the use of massive ship miniatures—some up to 35 feet long—and the inclusion of authentic Civil War reenactors who brought their own gear to the sets in Richmond [03:01]. The segment provides a behind-the-scenes look at the technical challenges of recreating the historic clash between the Monitor and the Merrimack before the era of modern digital effects [04:10].

British born actor Alex Hyde-White's fascination with America's War Between the States caused him to seek out roles in both TNT's IRONCLADS and GODS AND GENE...

11/23/2025

Scientists Uncover Fungal Secrets of a Sunken Civil War-Era Ship https://share.google/41PwtsQK0TpRciHnl

05/11/2025

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04/23/2025

Here's a new story that was published in PRESIDENTIAL Magazine: https://mongielloassociates.aflip.in/a558bb30c9.html

02/18/2025

https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2019/06/under-six-flags-the-curious-career-of-the-css-stonewall/

Library of Congress resources on CSS Stonewall, which was meant to served the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. It docked in El Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain for a short time. before sailing across the Atlantic Ocean.

02/18/2025

Over the next few weeks, we'll be introducing you to some of the artifacts that will soon be on display in our upcoming exhibits. Today, we're showing a sea bag on loan from the American Civil War Museum. Sailors kept spare uniforms and personal items in cloth bags. Stored in secure areas aboard ship, the bags needed to be easily identified. Italian-born Thomas Costa of the Confederate gunboat CSS Chattahoochee personalized his bag to keep his possessions safe.

(ACWM 0985.02.00095)

07/30/2024

The San Francisco Maritime Museum and Fisherman's Wharf are amazing with two ships docked for your review.