Click on an entry below to view information on specific naval battles during the Civil War.
See also Campaigns and Battles.

Source: The Union Army, Vol. VII. Madison, Wisconsin: Federal Publishing Company, 1908.


Condition of the Navy

Blockade of Southern Ports

Along the Gulf Shore

Chesapeake Bay

Hatteras Inlet - Roanoke Island

Port Royal Expedition

Naval Operations Before Charleston

Opening the Mississippi

The Red River

Mobile

The Albemarle - Fort Fisher

Running the Blockade

Confederate Cruisers


George Brown
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Rear-Admiral George Brown, who has edited Volume  I this work, was born at Rushville, Rush county, 1835. His parents, William J. and Susan  Brown were both born in Kentucky, the father at August 15, 1805, and the mother at Cynthiana December 26, 1807. Admiral Brown's great-grandfather and his grandfather, George Brown, both served in the American army through the entire Revolutionary war. His father, William J. Brown, served two terms in Congress from Indiana, was secretary of state of Indiana from 1837 to 1841, and was second assistant postmaster-general during Polk's administration. The subject of this sketch was educated at the U. S. naval academy, Annapolis, Md., and on February 5, 1849. entered the navy as a mid-shipman. As a lieutenant-commander he was in command of the Indianola when she ran the Vicksburg batteries, and also when she was captured and sunk by four Confederate vessels. After remaining a prisoner of war for three months, in eleven different prisons, he was exchanged and again entered upon active duty, being assigned to the command of the Octorara during the remainder of the siege of Vicksburg. the operations about Mobile bay and the passage ot Fort Haines and Morgan he commanded the Itasca. In the reduction of Fort Alexis and Spanish Fort in the upper bay. He was in command of the Alaska, and hoisted the Union colors r the city of Mobile when it was evacuated by the Generates. When the Confederate ram Stonewall surrendered Page 18 to the Cuban authorities at the close of the war, Admiral Brown, then a commander, as agent of the Japanese government, convoyed the ram to Japan. He continued in the naval service until June 19, 1897, when he was retired with the rank of rear-admiral having at that time been the senior rear-admiral in the U. S. navy for two and a half years. Since his retirement he has resided at Indianapolis, Ind. Politically Admiral Brown is a Republican. He is a member of the Columbia Club of Indianapolis, one of the best known Republican clubs in the country. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Presbyterian church. On Oct. 4, 1871, Admiral Brown was united in marriage to Miss Kate Morris, daughter of John D. and Martha Wiles Morris of Indianapolis. To this union were born three sons. George Brown, Jr., is now a paymaster in the U. S. navy; Morris, the second son, died in February, 1892; and Hugh, a graduate of the naval academy in the class of 1905, is now an ensign in the navy.