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During the Civil War, several important naval actions made major impacts on the course of the war. | During the Civil War, several important naval actions made major impacts on the course of the war. | ||
By the end of the war, the Union Navy had about 1041 ships and other craft.<ref>U.S. Navy Department. ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion''. 30 Volumes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1894–1922. National Archives Microfilm Publication M275. Digital versions: [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924080777489#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archives]. {{FSC|256214|item|disp=Family History Books}}. {{FSC|256214|item|disp=FS | By the end of the war, the Union Navy had about 1041 ships and other craft.<ref>U.S. Navy Department. ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion''. 30 Volumes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1894–1922. National Archives Microfilm Publication M275. Digital versions: [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924080777489#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archives]. {{FSC|256214|item|disp=Family History Books}}. {{FSC|256214|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M2unr; films 1490058–88}}.</ref> | ||
===Union Navy Ships=== | ===Union Navy Ships=== | ||
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*Hamersly, Lewis R. ''The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps: with a History of Naval Operations During the Rebellion of 1861-5, and a List of the Ships and Officers Participating in the Great Battles''. Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1994. Microfiche of original published: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, c1870. 350 p. Digital version on [http://archive.org/stream/recordsliving00hamerich#page/n7/mode/2up Internet Archives] and [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/199304-the-records-of-living-officers-of-the-u-s-navy-and-marine-corps-with-a-history-of-naval-operations-during-the-rebellion-of-1861-5-and-a-list-of-the-ships-and-officers-participating-in-the-great-battles?offset=7 FamilySearch]. Also {{FSC|824545|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6118727}} <br> | *Hamersly, Lewis R. ''The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps: with a History of Naval Operations During the Rebellion of 1861-5, and a List of the Ships and Officers Participating in the Great Battles''. Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1994. Microfiche of original published: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, c1870. 350 p. Digital version on [http://archive.org/stream/recordsliving00hamerich#page/n7/mode/2up Internet Archives] and [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/199304-the-records-of-living-officers-of-the-u-s-navy-and-marine-corps-with-a-history-of-naval-operations-during-the-rebellion-of-1861-5-and-a-list-of-the-ships-and-officers-participating-in-the-great-battles?offset=7 FamilySearch]. Also {{FSC|824545|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6118727}} <br> | ||
*Thompson, Kenneth E., Jr. ''Civil War Commodores and Admirals: a Biographical Directory of All Eighty-eight Union and Confederate Navy Officers who Attained Commissioned Flag Rank During the War. Portland, Maine: Thompson Group Inc, c2001''. Includes biographies of the 85 Union flag officers and the 3 Confederate flag officers. {{FSC|1017797|item|disp=FS | *Thompson, Kenneth E., Jr. ''Civil War Commodores and Admirals: a Biographical Directory of All Eighty-eight Union and Confederate Navy Officers who Attained Commissioned Flag Rank During the War. Portland, Maine: Thompson Group Inc, c2001''. Includes biographies of the 85 Union flag officers and the 3 Confederate flag officers. {{FSC|1017797|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M3t}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/civil-war-commodores-and-admirals-a-biographical-directory-of-all-eighty-eight-union-and-confederate-navy-officers-who-attained-commissioned-flag-rank-during-the-war/oclc/48179464&referer=brief_results Libraries with book (WorldCat)] | ||
====Marines==== | ====Marines==== | ||
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The above indexes: | The above indexes: | ||
*U.S. Navy Department. ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion''. 30 Volumes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1894–1922. National Archives Microfilm Publication M275. Similar to the official records of the armies, it is known as the ORN (Official Records . . . Navy). Its two series contain reports and correspondence on the Northern blockade of Southern ports and on matters concerning the Confederate Navy. Volume 1, series II has an index to Union and Confederate ships, statistical data, and muster rolls of confederate vessels. Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924080777489#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive]. {{FSC|256214|item|disp=FS | *U.S. Navy Department. ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion''. 30 Volumes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1894–1922. National Archives Microfilm Publication M275. Similar to the official records of the armies, it is known as the ORN (Official Records . . . Navy). Its two series contain reports and correspondence on the Northern blockade of Southern ports and on matters concerning the Confederate Navy. Volume 1, series II has an index to Union and Confederate ships, statistical data, and muster rolls of confederate vessels. Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924080777489#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive]. {{FSC|256214|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M2unr; films 1490058–88}}. <br> | ||
The following is another index to this set: | The following is another index to this set: | ||
*Knox, Dudley W. ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion . . . General Index''. . . 1927. Reprint, New York, New York: Antiquarian Press, 1961. {{FSC|256226|item|disp=FS | *Knox, Dudley W. ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion . . . General Index''. . . 1927. Reprint, New York, New York: Antiquarian Press, 1961. {{FSC|256226|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M2unr index; film 0924604 item 2}}. Alphabetically arranged with reference to series and volume number. The page number is located by searching the index in the specific volume referred to in the general index. | ||
A reference aid to the Official Records is: | A reference aid to the Official Records is: | ||
*Aimone, Alan C., and Barbara A. Aimone. ''User’s Guide to the Official Records of the American Civil War.'' Shippinsburg, Pennsylvania: White Maine Publishing, 1993. {{FSC|393597|item|disp=FS | *Aimone, Alan C., and Barbara A. Aimone. ''User’s Guide to the Official Records of the American Civil War.'' Shippinsburg, Pennsylvania: White Maine Publishing, 1993. {{FSC|393597|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M29ua}}. Provides a history of the compilation of the official records. | ||
====Ships==== | ====Ships==== | ||
*Silverstone, Paul H. ''Warships of the Civil War Navies''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989. {{FSC|493772|item|disp=FS | *Silverstone, Paul H. ''Warships of the Civil War Navies''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989. {{FSC|493772|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M2sil}}. Gives brief service histories of naval vessels and includes many photographs of naval ships. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/979424 Charles Dana Gibson and E. Kay Gibson, comps. ''Dictionary of transports and combatant vessels, steam and sail, employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868 : an annotated compilation containing 4,033 operational entries on vessels (owned, chartered, and otherwise hired) which served the Union Army's Quartermaster Department on coastal and river routes during and immediately after the American Civil War. Introductory commentaries discuss sources, tonnage and measurement, ship registration and enrollment, as well as the Quartermaster Department's internal organization relative to the management of shipping. Each vessel entry is accompanied by relevant citations. All compound names are cross-indexed'' Camden, Maine : Ensign Press, c1995 FS Library 973 M3g] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/979424 Charles Dana Gibson and E. Kay Gibson, comps. ''Dictionary of transports and combatant vessels, steam and sail, employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868 : an annotated compilation containing 4,033 operational entries on vessels (owned, chartered, and otherwise hired) which served the Union Army's Quartermaster Department on coastal and river routes during and immediately after the American Civil War. Introductory commentaries discuss sources, tonnage and measurement, ship registration and enrollment, as well as the Quartermaster Department's internal organization relative to the management of shipping. Each vessel entry is accompanied by relevant citations. All compound names are cross-indexed'' Camden, Maine : Ensign Press, c1995 FS Library 973 M3g] | ||
====Shipwrecks==== | ====Shipwrecks==== | ||
*Gaines, W. Craig. ''Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks''. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, c2008. Accounts of more than 2,000 American Civil War–period sunken ships. For each vessel, the book gives its final location, type, dimensions, tonnage, crew size, armament, origin, registry (Union, Confederate, United States, or other country), casualties, circumstances of loss, salvage operations, and sources. Organized alphabetically by geographical location (state, country, or body of water), also includes maps. Indexed by each vessel's names and nicknames.{{FSC|1463496|item|disp=FS | *Gaines, W. Craig. ''Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks''. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, c2008. Accounts of more than 2,000 American Civil War–period sunken ships. For each vessel, the book gives its final location, type, dimensions, tonnage, crew size, armament, origin, registry (Union, Confederate, United States, or other country), casualties, circumstances of loss, salvage operations, and sources. Organized alphabetically by geographical location (state, country, or body of water), also includes maps. Indexed by each vessel's names and nicknames.{{FSC|1463496|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M26g}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AEncyclopedia+of+Civil+War+Shipwrecks+au%3Againes&qt=advanced&dblist=638 Libraries with book]. | ||
====Logbooks==== | ====Logbooks==== | ||
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Logbooks give information about the officers, number of other seamen on a ship, and the daily incidents pertaining to a ship. The following book is an alphabetical list of ships with the date span of their logbooks available at the National Archives.<br> | Logbooks give information about the officers, number of other seamen on a ship, and the daily incidents pertaining to a ship. The following book is an alphabetical list of ships with the date span of their logbooks available at the National Archives.<br> | ||
*Bradley, Claudia, et.al., comp. ''List of logbooks of U.S. Navy ships, stations and miscellaneous units, 1801-1947'', Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1978. {{FSC|192740|item|disp=FS | *Bradley, Claudia, et.al., comp. ''List of logbooks of U.S. Navy ships, stations and miscellaneous units, 1801-1947'', Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1978. {{FSC|192740|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M3lo}} | ||
====Prize Cases==== | ====Prize Cases==== | ||
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