USS Penguin was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy...

USS Penguin has been the name of three United States Navy ships: USS Penguin (1861), a steamer purchased at New York on 23 May 1861 which served in the...

USS Pemiscot (AK-201) USS Penacook (1898, YT-6/YTM-6, YT–279/YTB-279) USS Pender County (LST-1080) USS Penetrate (AM-271/MSF-271) USS Penguin (1861,...

gunboat USS Penguin. The Penguin was initially a part of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, but joined the Potomac Flotilla on August 19, 1861. In October...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1861. 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

USS Aroostook was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Aroostook was used by the Navy to patrol navigable...

Expedition (1838–1842). During the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865, he commanded USS San Jacinto during the Trent Affair in which he stopped a Royal...

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...

USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned...

established by an act of the Confederate States Congress on February 21, 1861. It was responsible for Confederate naval operations during the American...

October 1797, the first three were brought into service: USS United States, USS Constellation, and USS Constitution. Due to his strong posture on having a...

USS Henry Andrew was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the...

"Stars & Stripes Forever by Harry Harrison: 9780307416735 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05. Stars and Stripes...

Union blockade of the ports of the Confederate States. It was formed in 1861 and split up the same year for the creation of the North Atlantic Blockading...

and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American...

three vessels, USS Thomas Freeborn, USS Reliance, and USS Resolute. He arrived at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., on 20 May 1861 on board his...

Events from the year 1861 in the United Kingdom. Monarch – Victoria Prime Minister – Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (Liberal) 1 January – first...

The second USS Augusta was a side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the city of Augusta, Georgia...

between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861. The sound was guarded by two forts on opposite sides of the entrance, Fort...

and guardians. The Medal of Honor was introduced for the Naval Service in 1861, soon followed by the Army's version in 1862. The Air Force used the Army's...

by artist Joseph G. Reynolds and installed in 1983. The US Navy ship the USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70) was commissioned in 1942. Beginning in 1968...

of the warships in the Mississippi River, including USS Louisiana, USS Carolina, the schooner USS Eagle, and the steamboat Enterprise. The naval warships...

Nashville. USS Merrimack |  United States | 21 April 1861 A steam-driven screw frigate, was burned to the waterline and sunk 20 April 1861 in preparation...

David Smith USS Pittsburgh (1861), an ironclad gunboat USS Pittsburgh (CA-4), originally USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4), an armored cruiser USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)...

In 1860, he became publisher of The Sun and of the New York Chronicle. In 1861–62 he was Washington correspondent of The New York Times. He resigned his...

the American Civil War. Commissioned as a lieutenant in 1861, Mahan served as an officer on USS Worcester and James Adger and as an instructor at the Naval...

CROIL, James (1861). "Dundas: or, a Sketch of Canadian History". Google Books. pp. 100–101. Retrieved 10 February 2022. CROIL, James (1861). "Dundas: or...

flag Mukden incident in 1931, the Japanese shelling of the American gunboat USS Panay in 1937, and the 1937–1938 Nanjing Massacre, Japanese-American relations...

sailors and marines on the United States Navy frigate USS Savannah and the two sloops USS Cyane and USS Levant landed and captured Monterey with no shots...

Chief. New York: Penguin Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-59420-191-2. Nevins, Allan. The War for the Union. vol. 1, The Improvised War 1861–1862. New York: Charles...