The admiral shifted his gaze from his own warships to his target, CSS anchored alongside a pair of blockade runners. It was a specially formed squadron, organized to hunt a single Confederate warship, which also lay at Havana. His was a formidable force, which in addition to the powerful paddlewheel steam frigate, included the ironclad monitors USS Monadnock and USS as well as three steam sloops-of-war and a supply steamer. Originally presented as part of “Ambitions and Challenges of a Confederate Navy European Ironclad Squadron” at the 2022 Emerging Civil War symposiumĪcting Rear Admiral Sylvanus Godon stood on USS quarterdeck, peering at his naval squadron anchored in Havana, Cuba. Ambitions of a European-Built Confederate Navy Squadron
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