tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post2247865259720399381..comments2024-03-28T02:02:22.629-04:00Comments on Random Thoughts on History: Just Finished Reading - Faces of the Civil War NaviesTim Talbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02184297245966915181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-74196047450497543492019-02-26T19:00:43.567-05:002019-02-26T19:00:43.567-05:00Hi Mike, Thanks for sharing this. Coddington cover...Hi Mike, Thanks for sharing this. Coddington covers the Portland, Maine incident in the profile of Confederate 3rd Engineer Eugene W. Brown. Fascinating!Tim Talbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184297245966915181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-60799758311970404172019-02-26T09:26:29.041-05:002019-02-26T09:26:29.041-05:00I have always been fascinated by Civil War navies....I have always been fascinated by Civil War navies. My term paper for my college CW&R class was on the Monitor and the Merrimac (you can tell I'm a Yankee).<br />But the incident that MOST fascinsted me was the attempt by a Confederate ship to "invade" Portland, Maine. The US Revenue Cutter "Caleb Cushing" was commandeered by the Confederates, and shore batteries went so far as to fire wheels of CHEESE at the Rebels!<br />Check this -- at paragraph 11:<br />http://portland.bangordailynews.com/2017/12/11/history/that-time-the-civil-war-was-fought-in-portland-harbor/Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08337559909709721205noreply@blogger.com