During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi ... I created a database of 559 separate episodes where gunboats attacked a target, southerners shot at a federal boat ...

The American Civil War was a watershed moment in the nation ... also demonstrated the effectiveness of its navy with ironclad gunboats. The Battle of Fort Donelson occurred on the Cumberland ...

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If the banks of the Bayou Teche could talk, they could tell stories of the first Native American inhabitants, Civil War gunboat duels and canoe paddlers with pocket devices called cellphones.

To reclaim the Mississippi River during the Civil War, the Lincoln Administration ... him a contract to build and equip for the navy seven gunboats in 63 days. Known as the city-class ironclads ...

However, if one hears the phrase "the Civil War," most would immediately associate it with the American Civil War. This was one of the most defining and brutal periods ever witnessed in the ...

Civil War soldier and medal recipient William Harvey Carney, best known for holding the American flag high during ... When Union gunboats approached, the Confederates opened fire.