KimFortney wrote:
>
> This may help a bit.  In Pittsburgh, there is a Soldiers & Sailors
> Memorial Hall.  It was built, I believe, by the GAR and it commemmorates
> the Civil War veterans from the Pgh/ Allegheny County area.  I'm not sure
> where the "and Sailors" part comes in, but the Civil War was fought in
> part with the involvement of sea craft.
>

The US Navy provided a pretty good blockade of the Confederate States of
America. This blockade pretty much denied the CSA material and money for
the whole war. It was dull and boring duty that took lots of men. At war's
end there were 7500 officers and 51000 men (Up from 1457 Officers & 7500 Men
at the start).

The bulk of Naval 'action' (as opposed to blockade duty) took place on the
Mississippi, Red, and Ohio Rivers. This cut the CSA in half, cutting the
Trans-Mississippi off (and it's supplies of beef and men) from the rest of
the south. Flotillas of ironclad monitors and hastily converted steam boats
from both sides slugged it out with shore batteries and each other.

Other important Naval actions was the USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia in Hampton
Roads (a battle that rendered all existing naval vessels pretty much
obsolete), the ship-to-ship duel of the CSS Alabama and the USN Kearsage off
Cherbourg, The battle of Mobile Bay ('Damn the Torpedos, Full steam Ahead'),
The passing of Forts Jackson and Philip and seizing New Orleans.

That's why it's Soldier's and Sailors Hall.

> If you want more info, let me know.
>
> Kim Fortney
> (412) 269-4565
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