Gordon ThorsbySep 23, 20225 min readThe Great Disaster at Norfolk 1861.by Gordon Thorsby Courtesy of the Mariner's Museum of Norfolk The surrender of Ft. Sumter on April 14 was a disappointment for the North....
Gordon ThorsbyAug 1, 20226 min readOf Bookkeepers and Engineers on the U.S.S. Monitorby Gordon Thorsby Front row, from left: Robinson W. Hands 20, Edwin V. Gager-47, not at Hampton Roads (HR); second row, Louis N. Stodder-...
Gordon ThorsbyApr 21, 20224 min readDamn the Torpedoes? ...Close but Not Quite.by Gordon Thorsby An August Morning at the Battle of Mobile Bay by William Heysham Overend Grant was stuck at Petersburg, Sherman seemed...
Gordon ThorsbyMar 21, 20223 min readWhen CSS Alabama was Sinkingby Gordon Thorsby A sailor-poet on Alabama wrote as his ship steamed out from Cherbourg harbor: “We’re homeward, we’re homeward bound...