John Ericsson Research Paper

Two forts on the Outer Banks (Fort Clark and Fort Hatteras) had been built by the Confederates, to protect their commerce-raiding activity. But these were lightly-defended, and their artillery could not engage the bombarding fleet under Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham, commandant of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, which had been ordered to keep moving, to avoid presenting a static target. Although held up by bad weather, the fleet was able to land troops under General Ben Butler, who took the surrender of Flag

On the 24th of December, 1864, Union ships have started engaging the Confederate forces of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, just south of Wilmington. Thus far the Confederate fort’s large guns have kept the Union ships at a distance and nullified the attack.

Michaelle Jean is a Catholic who was born on September 6, 1957, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This year she is 59 years old. In her early life, she lived a middle-class life. Her parents decided not to let her go to school because she would have to swear under the dictator, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. Instead, Michaelle was home-schooled. Her father got tortured, so he fled to Thetford Mines, Quebec in 1967, and the following year, Michaelle and the rest of her family joined. The family eventually separated because her father became violent. Michaelle left with her mother and sister to go to Montreal. She received a bachelor's degree in Italian and Spanish at the Université de Montréal. She received many scholarships to let to make trips to Italy to study at the Perugia, Florence, and Milan universities. She knew how to speak five languages and worked for shelters for abused women. She married a Canadian filmmaker, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and adopted Marie-Éden from Jacmel.

The Union was blinded by its own success up to this point in the Western Theater it did not take reports of confederate advancement seriously even after its own picket lines were engaged by the advancing Confederate force.6 General Sherman even replied to a report of Confederate advancement from one of his regimental commanders with, “Take your damned regiment back to Ohio. There are no rebels closer than Corinth.”.7 This complete disregard to acknowledge reports of engagements with advancing Confederate troops led to the surprise attack on the Union forces encamped on Pittsburg Landing. The Confederate force was able to take Union forces by surprise and push them back to their camps and force some to abandon their camps in entirety as they retreated.8 This allowed advancing Confederate troops to utilize Union camps as their own and as a base camp for supplies to support further engagements. The Confederate success soon was stalled by its own inexperience at the troop level and their lack of moving in larger units effectively over the uneven terrain.9 The stall in the surprise attack allowed for Union forces to regroup and counter the Confederate attack.10 The Battle of Shiloh ended in victory for the Union, but early success, pride, and ego blinded the Union and almost offered the Confederacy the major victory they needed to help turn the momentum of the theater in their

This weapon was quite important throughout the battle. While the turret did in fact turn well, it was difficult for it to stop turning once in motion. Eventually, the crew let it revolve and started “firing on the fly” when the target was in sight. Both the Monitor and the Virginia served as prototypes for future war ship what would be used for their innovative designs. However, the monitors design continued as the principal coastal and riverine warship.

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It became apparent to the Union forces that the rivers were the key to victory. The newly established “Mississippi Squadron”, under command of Cmdr John Rogers consisted of converted paddle boat steamers, or gunboats, but proved to be ineffective against the reinforced Confederate forts that were established along the rivers. These forts denied both Rogers and Grant from any true combat action south of Cairo, Illinois. Grant was able to attempt smaller military action, but lacking the support that ships could provide, limited large military action. It was clear to the Union that the Confederate forts needed to be dealt with, but lacking the firepower needed, they would have to wait until the City Classers entered

April 12, 1861 the first shots were fired in what would become on the bloodiest wars American has ever seen. President Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) would be forced to drastic measures to stop the Union from crumbling from underneath him. One of these drastic measures came from a General Winfield Scott (1786 - 1866) and his Anaconda Plan, a complete blockade of all of the Confederacy’s ports. The plan would go on to be approved by President Lincoln a mere 6 days later. The Union forces would move to enact this plan by blockading all trade from the Confederacy ports to cutoff their supply line from the international community that was watching this war with a keen interest in the results. The efforts being put forth by the Union Navy to blockade

efferson Thomas, the youngest of seven children, was born in Little Rock to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Thomas. His parents named him after Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States. Thomas first attended Horace Mann High School, a segregated all-black school, where he was a track athlete. In 1957, he chose to volunteer to integrate all-white Little Rock Central High School for the 1957–58 school year as a sophomore.

On the morning of march 8 1862 the confederate ironclad CSS. Virginia steamed out of its port at Norfolk Virginia and towards the union blockade. The goal of the Virginia’s commander Franklin Buchanan was to break the blockade of Norfolk Harbor which held one of the largest naval bases in the Americas. At about 2 pm she spotted the USS Cumberland. Buchanan ordered the ship to ram the Cumberland with its 1500 pound ram which lodged itself in the cumberlands bow completely shredding it’s hull. The cumberland began to sink rapidly with the virginia still logged in its bow. The Virginia managed to pull herself free but in the process the iron ram broke off and sank. Not knowing this the nearby USS congress a nearby frigate attempted to take the fight to shallow water but in the process ran herself aground. The now helpless congress came under fire from the virginia’s 9 inch guns which ripped the frigate apart. The congress then raised a white flag and the Virginias captain came above deck to accept but a musket ball from shore hit him in the arm. The now angry Captain Buchanan ordered the Virginia to fire anti crew shots at the now barely afloat Congress.

The start of the Civil War was April 12, 1861 when Confederates attacked a Union fort. Fort Sumter took a heavy beating that day and would later surrender after the second day of the Confederates attacking (Roark et al. 424-5). Once the war started, the U.S. Navy created a blockade around the 3,500 miles of the South’s coastline. The fleet was originally just 36 ships, but it grew to 150 with new ships being added almost weekly. Few Confederate ships were able to cross the blockade, unless they were specially designed stealthy steam boats. These ships were known as “blockade runners” and were able to bring back important supplies like guns and medicine. But the blockade runners were in no way designed to destroy the Union’s blockade or even the ships that formed it for that matter. The Union’s navy was expanding too fast for the Confederates to keep up. The Confederacy decided to build two ironclad warships, the Merrimack and Virginia. These warships were powerful and sank two wooden Union ships. But the Union was not ready to give up their blockade without a fight. The Virginia was set to destroy the blockade the next morning, but it greated by the Monitor (Roark et al. 435). After a two hour battle, the ships called it a draw. Yet the Confederacy was never able to destroy the blockade using their own strength (Roark et al. 436).

This is very important because the battle of hampton roads had an impact on the civil war. Without the two ironclads trying to battle that wouldn’t of happened. Around 2pm on March 8, 1862, the CSS Virginia struck the Cumberland with its 1,500lb iron ram, smashing a huge hole in its wooden hull. Despite the mortal blow delivered to the Cumberland, the CSS Virginia, which had become entangled within the shredded hull of its opponent, was also at risk of also being carried down. Fortunately for the Virginia, the ironclad was able to dislodge itself from the frigate’s side, but in doing so the lethal iron ram broke off and sank. The two ironclads faced off one more time. On April 11, 1862. They did not engage though either being willing to fight on the other’s terms. The Union side wanted the encounter to take place in the open sea. The Virginia, on the other hand, tried unsuccessfully to lure the Monitor into another battle in Hampton Roads

The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history, as the schism between the North and the South turned friends into foes and brothers into sworn enemies. While this war is widely known for the battles that took place upon the land, the United States Navy contributed to the war effort upon the sea and rivers as well. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles had three objectives for the Navy during the Civil War and one of them was to blockade the Confederate State of America. The overall goal of the blockade was to stifle the Confederacy so that it could easily be defeated by the Union forces. However, the blockade was not the Navy’s most important contribution to the preservation of the Union, as the blockade failed to smother the Confederacy due to the poor ships that it was composed of and the inefficiencies that they presented.

However, back in Washington D.C., Lincoln’s cabinet has a plan. After debating over their recent losses in the Congress and Cumberland, they decide to send in their own ironclad— the USS Monitor. While the Monitor did not hold the same firepower as the Virginia, it was low to the water and just as well protected. Praying to God that their decision is what is needed in their time of great need, Lincoln gives the order to send in the

There are many inventions from the Civil War that we have improved upon and that we still use today. Some of these inventions include hot air balloons, Long-Range Weapons, Warships, torpedoes, and the Gatling Gun. But three inventions from the Civil War that we still use today are railroads, telegraphs, and Long- Range Weapons. Today, though all these have been improved upon, these inventions are still used to help our country grow.