A crane lifts the armored pilot house of the Union gunboat USS Cairo from the Yazoo River on Sept. 15, 1960, ... Oct. 12 • The USS St. Louis, a Civil War gunboat, is launched.

You can read Civil War books until you’re blue and gray in the face, ... the USS Cairo became the first armored warship in history to be sunk by an electronically detonated mine in the Yazoo River.

Civil War Army nurse Caroline Burghardt and her gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery. (Department of Defense) A 2024 DoD News article from writer Katie Lange told the story of 23 female nurses ...

My grandmother had a saying, "Sometimes big things come in small packages." I believe this applies to Mound City, Illinois, when it comes to its impact on helping the Union Army win the Civil War.

The ruddied brown of centuries-old iron serves as a constant source of excitement at the Mariners' Museum: a peek into history for casual visitors, an endless resource for Civil War buffs and a ...

Mines used in Naval Warfare are a very old weapons idea. During the Civil War, the USS Cairo was the first vessel in history to be sunk by a mine detonated electrically. On Dec. 12, 1862, this Unio… ...

This week 150 years ago in the Civil War, the Union lamented another kind of loss beyond its defeat at Fredericksburg. On Dec. 12, 1862, the USS Cairo — an ironclad river gunboat — was struck by two ...

USS Monitor, Civil War ship sunk off North Carolina, is in "astounding condition after being on the seafloor for 160 years," experts say. June 6, 2022 / 7:16 AM EDT / AP ...

A crane lifts the armored pilot house of the Union gunboat USS Cairo from the Yazoo River on Sept. 15, 1960, after rediscovery of the wreck. The Cairo was sunk Look Back: Eads' Civil War gunboats ...