I had never give much thought to writing about the Confederate Navy Department until quite recently. The subject has been one in which I have been interested for over 20 years, reading as much I could find on the subject. The results have been mixed. There are some incredibly well written book by some excellent scholars of the Confederate Navy. But there are also quite a number of books written by those more interested in publishing as much as possible with as little interest in original research as possible.
The purpose of this blog is to look into the Confederate Navy Department and add to that original research, focusing mainly on the James River Squadron, the Navy Yards at Gosport and Richmond, the fortifications at Drewry's Bluff, and the Naval support facilities which kept these ships and facilities functioning.
I hope you find the information presented here interesting and worthwhile.
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