1. Naval History of the Civil War

2. Naval Strategy
Technology
Blockade
Blockade Running
River War
Commerce Raiding
Key Naval Battles
Fort Sumter
Forts Henry and Donelson
MONITOR/VIRGINIA (MERRIMACK)
New Orleans
KEARSARGE/ALABAMA
Mobile Bay

3. Naval Strategy North South Isolate Divide Control Territory
Protect Shipping
Discredit Blockade
Disrupt Northern Shipping
Protect Key Territory

5. Resources North South Weak Industrial Base
Northeastern Nautical Tradition
Shipyards
Industrial Base
Most Navy Officers did not follow the Confederacy
Manpower
40 ships
Weak Industrial Base
Limited Maritime Experience
ZERO ships

6. Technology Steam Engines Screw Propellors Ironclad Ships Torpedoes
Submarines

7. Blockade Cut off commerce of an opponent.
Field a credible Naval Force to interdict shipping and enforce blockade.
Blockade can be broken and lifted if the blockading ships can be driven off.
Declaring a blockade held serious political implications for the North.

9. Blockade Running Small fast boats to bring in vital supplies
Tendency was toward luxury items that bring a large market value instead of strategic military stores
One or two successful trips could make a crew rich
Support from non-belligerent countries

10. Commerce Raiding
Goal is to cripple an adversaries international trade and limit their peaceful use of the seas
Destroyed US merchant marine fleet and fishing fleets. Effects linger to this day.
Privateers – Letter of Marque
Commerce Raiders – Confederate Navy
Compact, frigate-sized warships built and armed abroad due to a lack of Confederate industrial base.

12. River Wars
Extensive system of Western Rivers facilitated internal trade in the Confederacy and provided avenues of advance to the Union.
Forts vs Ships

14. The Two Navies Union Confederate Line of Battle Ships Gunboats
Frigates
Cruisers
Gunboats
Ironclads
River craft
Commerce Raiders
Ironclads
Submarine
CSS HUNLEY

15. KEY NAVAL BATTLES

16. FORT SUMTER

18. Forts Henry and Donelson

20. MONITOR/VIRGINIA (MERRIMACK)

23. New Orleans/Mobile Bay

26. KEARSARGE/ALABAMA