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This is a list of ships of the Confederate States Navy (CSN), used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Included are some types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners , steamboats , and privateers which contributed to the war efforts by the CSN.
It was established in 1996 by Dr. Henry Spalding. The leading attraction is the Civil War Museum, which is the fourth largest American Civil War museum and is dedicated to the Western Theater of the war. The main building was originally the icehouse and waterworks of Bardstown, and is 8,500 square feet (790 m 2). The four attractions are:
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum CSS H. L. Hunley: United States South Carolina: Charleston: Confederate States: 1863 Submarine: Warren Lasch Conservation Hall [23] [circular reference] CSS Neuse: United States North Carolina: Kinston: Confederate States: Albemarle class: Ironclad ram: CSS Neuse Civil War Museum [24] USS Hoga: United States ...
The Confederate Monument of Bardstown, in Bardstown, Kentucky [2] was erected in 1903 in the Bardstown St. Joseph's Cemetery to honor the sacrifice of 67 Confederate States Army soldiers, who died during the American Civil War. Some 17 of the soldiers are still unknown.
The three major tasks of the Confederate States Navy during its existence were the protection of Confederate harbors and coastlines from outside invasion, making the war costly for the United States by attacking its merchant ships worldwide, and running the U.S. blockade by drawing off Union ships in pursuit of Confederate commerce raiders and ...
The battle ensign of CSS Shenandoah is unique amongst the flags of the Confederate States of America as it was the only Confederate flag to circumnavigate the Earth during the Confederacy, and it was the last Confederate flag to be lowered by a combatant unit in the Civil War (in mid-river on the River Mersey at Liverpool, UK, on November 6, 1865).
The festival was designated Kentucky's official bourbon festival by the Kentucky General Assembly in 2000. [20] The Civil War Museum in Bardstown is the fourth-largest Civil War museum in the United States. [21] Other notable sites include: Bardstown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Bardstown Historical Museum.
List of maritime museums in the United States is a sortable list of American museums which display objects related to ships and water travel. Many of these maritime museums have museum ships in their collections. Member museums of the Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM) are indicated in the last column.