On New Year’s Day 1863, the Confederacy managed to break the Union blockade choking its ports by capturing Galveston, Texas.
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Southern Utah University professor Laura June Davis taught a class about Civil War naval warfare, including the Union's blockade and the ...
The 19th century was a time of dramatic global transformation. Monarchies were falling and democracies sprang up to replace them while many remaining monarchs saw their power diluted in favor of ...