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Showing posts with label USS Cumberland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USS Cumberland. Show all posts
Thursday, November 2, 2023

Black Sailors in the Civil War Navy: A Short Profile of Martin F. Becker

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By Laura Lawfer Orr Director of Education As our staff and volunteers conducted research for our upcoming Battle of Hampton Roads exhibit re...
Thursday, September 22, 2022

Correcting the Record: USS Cumberland Lost 123 Sailors at the Battle of Hampton Roads

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By Hunt Lewis HRNM Volunteer USS Cumberland  rammed by CSS Virginia  ( Library of Congress ) When USS Cumberland was rammed and sunk by CSS ...
Thursday, March 24, 2022

Memories of USS Cumberland (Part 3 of 3): A Living Spirit: Cumberland in Song

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By William Clarkson HRNM Educator In the previous two parts of our March series about USS Cumberland , we have looked at reporting, percepti...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Memories of USS Cumberland (Part 2 of 3): The Poets

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By William Clarkson HRNM Educator In part 1 of our series about the sinking of USS Cumberland during the Battle of Hampton Roads, we looked ...
Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Memories of USS Cumberland (Part 1 of 3): Perceptions and Observations About the Loss of Cumberland During the Battle of Hampton Roads

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By William Clarkson Educator Much has been written about the Battle of Hampton Roads and the clash between the ironclads CSS Virginia and US...
Friday, February 28, 2020

Forty Years Ago: Clive Cussler's Contentious Contribution

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The image of the ill-fated sloop-of-war USS Cumberland looms large in the logo and front window of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum in down...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Pulp Fiction in "Civil War News" Trading Cards

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In 1962, during the Centennial of the Civil War, the Topps Trading Card company released a set of 88 cards with graphic depictions (very...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

A Few Words from a USS Cumberland Marine, 1861

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We are fortunate to have received a copy of the letter book and journal of Charles H. Bunker, a member of the sloop-of-war USS Cumberland ...