The James River Squadron was formed shortly after the secession of Virginia during the American Civil War. The squadron was part of the Virginia Navy...

warships. List of rivers of Virginia James River bateau James River Squadron Army of the James Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk "James River". Geographic Names...

forestalled the threat. Two months later, Virginia and other ships of the James River Squadron were scuttled in response to the Union Army and Navy advances. The...

Stephen Mallory, appointed Buchanan to the office of Confederate Navy James River Squadron Flag Officer and he then selected the newly built ironclad CSS Virginia...

her moorings on the Elizabeth River by Raleigh and Beaufort, and was joined at Hampton Roads by the James River Squadron, Patrick Henry, Jamestown, and...

Fredericksburg was a casemate ironclad that served as part of the James River Squadron of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Laid...

of the James River Squadron, during the Battle of Hampton Roads (1862). In 1863, his orders sent him to Savannah, where he commanded a squadron that included...

Civil War. Not begun until 1864 and intended to become part of the James River Squadron, she saw no action before being captured by Union forces while still...

the Battle of Hampton Roads. In April 1862 he took command of the James River Squadron, which included the Patrick Henry and Virginia. During the Federal...

the Pacific Squadron. At Hong Kong on January 29, 1858, he relieved Commodore James Armstrong taking command of the East India Squadron, breaking his...

Canal, Beaufort reached Norfolk, Virginia, where she joined the James River Squadron. On March 8, 1862, Beaufort served as an escort and ship's tender...

Bureau of Orders and Details until March 1863. He commanded the James River Squadron twice, from July 10, 1861 to February 27, 1862 (while also commandant...

coastal waters of North Carolina and Virginia and in the James River as part of the James River Squadron. Raleigh supported Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark on...

American Civil War. Completed during 1862 the ship was assigned to the James River Squadron where she mostly supported Confederate forces near Richmond, Virginia...

18, 1864, almost a year later; she was made the flagship of the James River Squadron (replacing CSS Richmond in this role). Virginia II went into action...

James River Flotilla of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron upon completion in April 1864. The ship spent most of her time stationed up the James River...

flagship of the James River Squadron. Still commonly referred to as Yorktown, she was assigned to a position near Mulberry Island in the James River to protect...

guard Union forces along the James against the Confederate James River Squadron. When the Confederate squadron steamed down river to attack the weakened Union...

James River, where she could support operations against Richmond and defend against a sortie by the Confederate ironclads of the James River Squadron...

USS Galena had also joined the blockade. On May 8, 1862, Virginia and the James River Squadron ventured out when the Union ships began shelling the Confederate...

originally served guard duty on the James River after being built in late 1864. Along with the rest of the James River Squadron, Scorpion moved downriver on...

American Civil War. The vessel was assigned to the James River Flotilla of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron upon completion in September 1864. The ship...

Classed as a tender, she was attached to Flag Officer French Forrest's James River Squadron sometime in 1863 with Master Lewis Parrish, CSN, in command. In addition...

reached Hampton Roads to join the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron's James River Squadron. On April 11, under command of Captain Shippen, Stevens exchanged...

Blockading Squadron. She reached Newport News on 2 April where the ship patrolled the mouth of the Nansemond River and in the James River until her departure...

assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and spent most of her time stationed up the James River where she could support operations against...

1865. The other three vessels of the class were all part of the James River Squadron and participated in the Battle of Trent's Reach on the night of January...

Yorktown, which was renamed Patrick Henry as the flagship of the James River Squadron. At the time when it turned over its military to the Confederate...

and during the last months of the war he commanded the boxed-in James River Squadron from his flagship, the heavily armored ironclad CSS Virginia II....

Monitor closer to the Confederate side so she could be boarded, the James River Squadron moved in and captured three merchant ships, the brigs Marcus and...