Naval History Magazine - May 2013

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A Victory Equally Shared
Issue: Naval History Magazine - June 2013 Volume 27, Number 3
Capturing Vicksburg required that the Army and Navy—under the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant and David Dixon Porter—combine their efforts.

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  • How the Secretary Saw the Campaign
    Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles’ diary entries and dispatches about the Vicksburg campaign offer eye-opening...

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  • The Lost Men of the Monitor
    After years of forensic and genealogical research, the remains of two Monitor sailors who went down with their...

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Corpus Christi's 'University of the Air'
With war clouds on the horizon, the Navy turned to Corpus Christi, Texas, as a prime location to educate and train tens of...
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'Use All Force!'
The U.S. Coast Guard’s pursuit and sinking of the rumrunner I’m Alone caused a major liquor spill in...
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A Victory Equally Shared
Capturing Vicksburg required that the Army and Navy—under the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant and David Dixon Porter...
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How the Secretary Saw the Campaign
Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles’ diary entries and dispatches about the Vicksburg campaign offer eye-opening...
Read More
The Lost Men of the Monitor
After years of forensic and genealogical research, the remains of two Monitor sailors who went down with their...
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Rear-Seat Gunners at Midway
Three Navy ‘back-seaters’ recollect their experiences aloft during early World War II—including taking...
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America's Greatest Great-War Flag Officer
The U.S. fighting experience in World War I was framed by a tale of two leaders—the oft-praised General Pershing and...
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Contributors

Norman C. Delaney, Naval History’s 2011 Author of the Year, has taught strategy and policy as an adjunct professor...

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On Our Scope

While preparing this issue’s Civil War sesquicentennial examination of the Vicksburg campaign, that distant conflict coincidentally came...

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Looking Back - Stan the Navy Man

Some shards of memory gleam back from long ago with a special sparkle that keeps...

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In Contact

Dual-Purpose Gun’s Long Life

Captain Russ Haas, Commanding Officer and Professor of Naval Science, NROTC Unit, University of...

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Armaments and Innovations - The Soda-Bottle-Shaped Shell Guns

At 0400 on 17 June 1863, the powerful Confederate ironclad Atlanta...

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Naval History News

‘100 Objects’ Initiative: Podcasting Naval History

A project conceived by a 2012 U.S. Naval Academy graduate brings naval...

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Historic Fleets - ‘One of the Finest Ships Ever Built in This Country’

‘Misfortune necessitates me to make a communication,” wrote Captain...

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Historic Aircraft - The Tail-sitters, Part 1—Lockheed

A plethora of advanced aviation technology became available in the aftermath of...

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Book Reviews

1812: A Nation Emerges

Sidney Hart and Rachael L. Penman. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2012. 296 pp....

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Museum Report - Secret World War II Bunkers

Liverpool has long been one of Britain’s most important naval centers, but...

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Pieces of the Past

Kriegsspiel—war-themed board-gaming as a form of training for army officers—was well established by the turn of the 20th century. But...

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