“NAVAL OPERATIONS DURING THE CIVIL WAR” At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, there was little reason to suspect that the United States Navy would play a very big role in the war. The Confederate Navy had absolutely no navy, nor did they have the ability to create one. The south did not contain a single plant that could create a marine engine. (Carrison, page #17) The government of the Confederate States got underway in …showed first 75 words of 1749 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1749 total…in their ship graveyards. People went back to sails and stopped using steam engines on ships. It was a loss of technology. (Carrison page #20) Bibliography Source Author The United States Navy Daniel J. Carrison The Story of Ships Frank Osborn Braynard Internet Http://Sunsite.unc.edu Internet Http://www.wtj.com/ Civil War Dictionary Mark Boatner The War of the Union Allan Nevins The Story of America The Reader’s Digest Internet Confederate Forces afloat