U.S. Navy Memorial Hosts Educational Symposium to Highlight the 150th Anniversary of the Commencement of the Civil War:
The United States Navy Memorial is holding a symposium to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The U.S. Naval Institute and the U.S. Naval History &
Heritage Command will co-host the event, highlighting the U.S. Navy’s role in, and contributions to, the outcome of the war. The event will kick off with keynote speaker Craig Symonds, renowned author of award-winning books Lincoln and His Admirals and The Civil War at Sea, and will include historians and authors who can speak about the blockading efforts, riverine warfare, and the major sea battles of the four-year war. In addition, historic memorabilia and artifacts from the war will be on display.
The Civil War is perhaps the most studied war in the history of the United States. This war resulted in two outcomes that directly shaped the face of America as we know it: American slavery was abolished and the unity of our states was re-established, confirmed, and upheld. While the key land battles are taught in schools today, less attention is given to the Navy’s critical role in securing victory for the Union and the major naval technological advances made during that time.
(5) "None Can be More Vigilant Than We Are: The Blockade During the Civil War" -- Robert M. Browning
When President Lincoln called for the establishment of a blockade, he had no full understanding of the magnitude of this undertaking. The Southern coast was 3,549 miles long with 189 entrances. With a navy of only 42 warships at the war’s outbreak, the nation would need to forge a navy and a blockade. This presentation will look at the establishment of the blockade and the types of vessels used for blockading duty, the types and the evolution of the ships that ran the blockade, discuss the major ports and blockading tactics, and also relate the success and failures of the blockade.
Dr. Robert M. Browning has been the Chief Historian of the US Coast Guard since 1991. He holds a Ph. D. from the University of Alabama and an M.A. from East Carolina University. He formerly worked as the curator of the Battleship Texas and editor of The Southern Historian. His books include From Cape Charles to Cape Fear: The North Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil War, U.S. Merchant Vessel War Casualties of World War II. Success Was All That Was Expected: The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron During the Civil War and Forrest: the Confederacy’s Relentless Warrior.
Dr. Browning is the author of more than 50 monographs and articles on the Civil War, Coast Guard and the US merchant marine and is the recipient of many awards including the University of Alabama Research and Writing Award, the Jefferson Davis Book Award, the John Lyman Book Award and the Coast Guard Commandant’s Superior Achievement Award.
(6) "Research and Recovery of USS Cumberland" -- Gordon Calhoun
On March 8, 1862, the ironclad CSS Virginia sank the sloop-of-war USS Cumberland in Hampton Roads. Historians have marked this engagement as the first time a modern warship of steam and iron sank an old ship of sail and wood. Cumberland’s history and legacy, however, is much more involved and robust. This talk will discuss the ship’s history, the many different attempts over the last 150 years to salvage the wreck of the ship, and present the real reason the ship was defeated.
Gordon Calhoun has worked at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum as the publications editor and command historian since 1994. He is editor of the museum’s quarterly journal, The Daybook and has written or co-written several of the museum’s exhibits including National Emergency: Local Navy Units in The Cold War, The Sailor’s Best Friend: Animals in the U.S. Navy, Cuba Libre: The Atlantic Fleet in the Spanish-American War, and One Hundred Years of Silence: The Submarine Force at 100. His extensive research on the sloop-of-war USS Cumberland, the ship that was sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia on March 8, 1862 in Hampton Roads, is the basis of his presentation today.
He graduated in 1993 from the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio with a B.A. in History and a minor in economics. He has also completed an M.A. in History with a certificate in Strategy and Policy from Old Dominion University in Norfolk. Gordon and his wife Lisa own and manage Perfect Peace Farm, a Thoroughbred, Anglo-Arabian, and Welsh Pony breeding operation in Southampton County, Virginia. He has two beautiful and very energetic daughters.
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