The Confederate cruiser Sumter runs the Federal blockade and begins her career as a commerce raider.
Category: Military
You Are All Green Alike
President Lincoln holds a special cabinet meeting to decide on a plan for immediate offensive operations in northern Virginia.
A Foreign and Hostile Country
Various detachments of Federal and Confederate forces maneuver toward a confrontation in Unionist western Virginia.
Ballooning Operations and the Coffee Mill Gun
Professor Thaddeus Lowe ascends in a balloon to demonstrate the usefulness of aerial military reconnaissance, and J.D. Mills demonstrates a forerunner to the modern machine gun.
Naval Strategies North and South
Confederate and U.S. officials work to develop strategies to wage war against each other on the waters.
Military Maneuvers in Northwestern Virginia
George B. McClellan comes to take personal command of Federals in western Virginia as Confederates try to strengthen their defenses.