Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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American Civil War

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  1. What happens if Emperor Napoleon III of France backs Emperor Maximilian of Mexico to the Maximum?
    31:14French military capability beyond the defeat of 1870Notable Point
  2. What happens if Emperor Napoleon III of France backs Emperor Maximilian of Mexico to the Maximum?
    51:25The American Civil War sets a short window for victoryNotable Point
  3. What happens if Emperor Napoleon III of France backs Emperor Maximilian of Mexico to the Maximum?
    55:46An imperial victory as a fait accompli for WashingtonNotable Point
  4. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:29:40Chesapeake Bay's overlooked maritime historyNotable Point
  5. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:22:35A surviving Confederacy and its hypothetical navyQ&A
  6. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:26:24Seward and reunification through foreign warNotable Point
  7. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:58Obstacles to invading Canada during the Civil WarNotable Point
  8. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:12:21The Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Long IslandQ&A
  9. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:19:41Why the Ultramarines fit Ulysses S. Grant's command styleQ&A
  10. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    6:07Why naval technology moved faster than army doctrineChapter
  11. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    7:47Which Civil War observers did European armies listen to?Notable Point
  12. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    22:19How CSS Alabama was built and armed abroadChapter
  13. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    42:12The political and professional legacy of Semmes's booksChapter
  14. The Press Gang, myth and reality...
    2:31:29Raphael Semmes and the limits of commerce raidingNotable Point
  15. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    9:28Naming a future US capital-ship classQ&A
  16. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:09:25Separate Northern and Southern states in the world warsQ&A
  17. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:58:10Why preventing the American Civil War requires a causeQ&A
  18. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:15A US-German alliance after French support for the ConfederacyQ&A
  19. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    1:17Mahan on diplomacy, public pressure, and principleNotable Point
  20. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    26:52A Civil War-era US Navy in the War of 1812Q&A
  21. What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?
    24:46American influence faces an entrenched British guaranteeNotable Point
  22. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:44:11Great Eastern as an American Civil War troopship targetQ&A
  23. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:12:06Why Britain would not rent Warrior to the UnionQ&A
  24. Ironclads go Two Decker....
    38:51An armored two-decker fleet could be too costly for many rivalsNotable Point
  25. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:19:09Why Robert E. Lee's logistical weakness matteredNotable Point
  26. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    2:00American Civil War ironclad lessons had to be adapted for ocean warfareNotable Point
  27. Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics
    47:36Why earlier wars did not produce a ready British logistics systemChapter
  28. Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics
    49:10How railheads and the last mile shaped the Western FrontChapter
  29. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    5:37:06USS New Ironsides is a better comparison for HMS WarriorQ&A
  30. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    6:32:30Grant's logistics turned losses into sustained pressureQ&A
  31. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    8:14:00How an early marine-engine breakthrough could spread ashoreNotable Point
  32. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    9:37:44How the Union could build an ocean-going monitorQ&A
  33. Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:54:25George Meade's solid command outlasted hostile pressQ&A
  34. Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships
    8:35Civil War ironclads and the larger wooden warNotable Point
  35. Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...
    30:12Civil wars leave durable military institutionsChapter
  36. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:03:47Why the US Navy honors the name KearsargeQ&A
  37. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    24:59Negotiation replaced escalation in the Pig WarNotable Point
  38. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    48:35Warrior versus Monitor obscures two different fleet systemsNotable Point
  39. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)
    1:08:05What timberclads could withstandQ&A
  40. Battle of Gravelines 1588: Point of No Return for the Spanish Armada
    7:23How wider grievances build support for warNotable Point
  41. CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...
    10:43Planter power limits the Confederate industrial baseNotable Point
  42. CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...
    14:56Confederate slavery, industry, and fragmented war directionNotable Point
  43. CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...
    20:20Confederate War and Navy departments converge on ArkansasNotable Point
  44. CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...
    31:15Why Civil War sources say 'flag officer' instead of admiralNotable Point
  45. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:44:20Major naval battles fought on lakes and riversQ&A
  46. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:14:58Why Civil War army doctors needed obstetric knowledgeQ&A
  47. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:50:38Robert E. Lee and the gap between officer ideals and wartime performanceNotable Point
  48. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:33:34Reading military history without accepting every interpretationQ&A
  49. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:13:02Warrior and Black Prince against American Civil War ironcladsQ&A
  50. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:32:41A sustainable US Navy after the Civil WarQ&A
  51. Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:18:55What foreign navies could learn from CSS HunleyQ&A
  52. David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him
    56:26The Civil War forced the US Navy to create admiral ranksNotable Point
  53. David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him
    57:25Union loyalty and tide-led operationsChapter
  54. David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him
    59:22The captain rank ceiling wasted naval experienceNotable Point
  55. David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him
    1:02:27Mobile Bay, the famous order, and calculated riskChapter
  56. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    8:18The American Civil War was a river-and-rail warNotable Point
  57. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    1:42:24Union loyalty and command of the Gulf squadronChapter
  58. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    1:48:36Why a maritime blockade could strangle Confederate tradeNotable Point
  59. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    2:06:24Blue-water service encouraged federal loyaltyNotable Point
  60. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    2:08:19How retained officers made the Union blockade possibleQ&A
  61. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    2:51:20Buchanan's resignation closes the road backNotable Point
  62. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    3:16:45Why Mobile Bay needed a visible defeatNotable Point
  63. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    4:21:31Mahan's Civil War service and possible link to FarragutNotable Point
  64. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    1:22:27Why riverine warfare reverses familiar naval assumptionsChapter
  65. Flotillas of the Danube
    54:54Austria-Hungary formalizes its Danube flotilla after 1866Chapter
  66. Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War
    1:44Greece's slow reform after the Greco-Turkish WarChapter
  67. Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War
    7:20Industrial logistics make mobile mass warfare possibleNotable Point
  68. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    4:26:29The American Civil War gun with the best chance against WarriorQ&A
  69. The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!
    8:08Foreign-policy rhetoric without standing forcesNotable Point
  70. The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality
    54:51Manifest Destiny stretched the doctrine beyond MonroeChapter
  71. The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality
    57:05Seward called the doctrine an irreversible factNotable Point
  72. The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality
    2:18:09Did the loss of SS Central America weaken the Monroe Doctrine?Q&A
  73. Battle of Chattanooga(1863)
    0:00The Civil War is a source-rich laboratory for modern warNotable Point
  74. Battle of Chattanooga(1863)
    3:17Bruce Catton's trilogy teaches the war through narrativeNotable Point
  75. Battle of Chattanooga(1863)
    7:30Confederate government faced a built-in centralization problemNotable Point
  76. Battle of Chattanooga(1863)
    12:32McClellan imagined a limited war ending in negotiationNotable Point
  77. Battle of Chattanooga(1863)
    37:29Lincoln and McClellan remembered the same meeting differentlyNotable Point
  78. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    4:34:07How old are sea mines that still cause trouble?Q&A
  79. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    4:33:31A discussion of Checkmate, Lincolnites! and Civil War readingQ&A
  80. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    4:57:42Why a three-turret monitor overwhelms CSS VirginiaQ&A
  81. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    5:09:30What recoil does to an eight-gun 15-inch super-monitorQ&A
  82. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    47:38Tojo's expansive reading of the emperor's consentNotable Point
  83. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    5:20Why Civil War command systems struggledChapter
  84. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    8:11Federalism made wartime governance a contested systemNotable Point
  85. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    12:30Slavery divided two models of labor and political economyNotable Point
  86. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    16:01McClellan misread the Civil War as a limited bargaining contestNotable Point
  87. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    25:06Western armies exposed different models of professional commandNotable Point
  88. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    2:33:31Did professionalization increase Civil War casualties?Q&A
  89. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    3:59:19An Anglo-American war during the 1860sQ&A
  90. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    1:33:51The Anaconda Plan as a continental siegeQ&A
  91. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    1:03:08A seagoing casemate-and-turret ironcladQ&A
  92. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:58:57A New Orleans capital changes Confederate strategyNotable Point
  93. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:16:57Why an American war with Britain in 1861 could deepen divisionQ&A
  94. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    1:26:57West Virginia and Virginia's place in the Civil WarNotable Point
  95. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    2:01:33The Trent Affair could force Britain into the American Civil WarQ&A
  96. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:07:43Could the Union Navy challenge HMS Warrior?Q&A
  97. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:16:45Could Hunley surprise HMS Warrior?Q&A
  98. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    26:11American persistence undermines the decisive-battle premiseNotable Point
  99. New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response
    8:47The forgotten variety of American ironcladsQ&A
  100. New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response
    16:38New Ironsides versus CSS VirginiaQ&A
  101. New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response
    17:02Fort Fisher's amphibious history and eroded battlefieldNotable Point
  102. New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response
    20:44Why the Union could supply ironclad machineryQ&A
  103. Huáscar: KSS1 S7 Comment Response
    7:47Huáscar inspires a counterfactual for US monitorsNotable Point
  104. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    15:42How could the Royal Navy operate in a full 1859 Pig War?Q&A
  105. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    9:01Peacetime Cerberus versus Civil War emergency monitorsQ&A
  106. Bruships 130: Battleships
    14:05A French Trent Affair and the American Civil WarQ&A
  107. HMDS Danmark: KSS1 S2 Comment Response
    2:07Cotton, emancipation, and the limits of British support for the ConfederacyQ&A
  108. HMDS Danmark: KSS1 S2 Comment Response
    3:55What could have drawn Britain into the American Civil War?Q&A
  109. HMDS Danmark: KSS1 S2 Comment Response
    10:06Why cotton shortages did not dictate immediate British interventionQ&A
  110. Fleets of Mobile Bay(1864)
    3:51Mobile Bay as blockade and logistics warfareNotable Point
  111. Fleets of Mobile Bay(1864)
    4:34Slavery, coercive power, and Confederate martial cultureNotable Point
  112. Fleets of Mobile Bay(1864)
    9:04Buchanan and Farragut: opposing command stylesChapter
  113. Fleets of Mobile Bay(1864)
    12:58Maryland's contested place in secessionNotable Point
  114. Fleets of Mobile Bay(1864)
    34:49A fleet built at wartime speedNotable Point
  115. Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 6
    15:02Civil War veterans shaped Japanese views of U.S. cohesionNotable Point
  116. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    1:28:59The Parrott rifle was useful within Civil War metallurgyQ&A
  117. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    0:51Why USS Monitor became the famous ironcladChapter
  118. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    8:28Urgency made Monitor an experimental warshipNotable Point
  119. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    10:38The ironclad race before MonitorNotable Point
  120. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    11:12Virginia was built to break the Union blockadeChapter
  121. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    13:02Why Monitor could claim the Hampton Roads fieldChapter
  122. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    14:38Virginia's destructive attack and ammunition limitNotable Point
  123. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    15:23Why Virginia was lost when Norfolk fellNotable Point
  124. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    15:23Monitor's short service and long preservation storyNotable Point
  125. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    20:18A Virginia victory would not decide the Civil WarQ&A
  126. Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...
    39:56An invasion would mobilize the United StatesQ&A
  127. Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...
    2:13:23Civil War experience constrained American warship exportsQ&A
  128. Rome is Won, What Carthage does now the Romans are Really Annoyed! Rome Total War 2, April 2023
    2:58:16How British intervention could have changed the Civil WarQ&A
  129. Battle of Hakodate(1869)
    1:38:19From Confederate Stonewall to imperial KotetsuChapter
  130. USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 8
    9:52Three Union answers to Confederate ironcladsChapter
  131. USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 8
    17:27Protection and service off Morris IslandNotable Point
  132. USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 8
    19:01CSS David’s spar-torpedo attackChapter
  133. USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 8
    25:56New Ironsides survives the CSS David attackNotable Point
  134. USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 8
    29:04CSS David’s later attacks and uncertain fateNotable Point
  135. USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 8
    30:01Sail assistance, postwar loss, and Fort Fisher honoursChapter
  136. USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 8
    34:10What New Ironsides revealed about American industryChapter
  137. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:38:20Mahan's argument for fighting over principleNotable Point
  138. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:57:18Blockade and amphibious operations in the Civil WarNotable Point
  139. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    2:42The sea as America's defensive depthNotable Point
  140. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    51:45How ironclads started a long naval technology cycleNotable Point
  141. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    2:20:36Canadians serving in the American Civil War naviesNotable Point
  142. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    2:22:55Bruce Catton as an accessible Civil War guideQ&A
  143. HNLMS Schorpioen(1868): Key Ship Series 1, Ship 6
    7:46Peer conflict as a naval technology testNotable Point
  144. HNLMS Schorpioen(1868): Key Ship Series 1, Ship 6
    9:53Virginia and Monitor inspire imitatorsNotable Point
  145. HDMS Danmark: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 2
    0:53Danmark's Confederate origins and ironclad designChapter
  146. HDMS Danmark: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 2
    4:23Why France restricted Confederate warship ordersNotable Point
  147. HDMS Danmark: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 2
    5:02How a Confederate order became HDMS DanmarkChapter
  148. HDMS Danmark: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 2
    18:43What a blockade breaker had to doNotable Point
  149. Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition
    36:19Heavy guns for armoured warshipsNotable Point
  150. Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition
    41:23Why the Royal Navy let coaling at sea atrophyQ&A
  151. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    13:14Early submarine attacks: ingenuity at a lethal costChapter
  152. Bombardment of Ellwood
    20:42War of 1812 memory and invasion fearNotable Point
  153. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    15:52Gunboats from Crimea to riverine warfareChapter
  154. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    21:11Civil War command ranks reward careful reconstructionNotable Point
  155. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    32:04The Alabama claims turn a raider dispute into international precedentChapter
  156. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    34:27Whitehead torpedoes and the Civil War blockadeChapter
  157. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    34:35Jouett carries a Civil War name into the PacificNotable Point
  158. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    44:54Fox carries Civil War naval administration into a cruiserNotable Point
  159. Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response
    12:39Why a Union war with Britain would become a blockade trapQ&A
  160. Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?
    23:58Why Jutland did not end the Royal Navy's battlecruiser strategyChapter
  161. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    35:33American power remains short of coalition dominanceNotable Point
  162. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    50:14American Civil War frigates emphasized numbers over matching WarriorQ&A
  163. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    2:22:02Can a bad warship still teach useful lessons?Q&A
  164. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)
    32:24Wampanoag, fast steam cruisers, and engineering politicsNotable Point
  165. Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 11
    7:58Charles Boutelle turns naval experience into political powerChapter
  166. Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 11
    18:18How steam engineering became a US Navy institutionChapter
  167. Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 11
    19:46Rickover's Civil War sea-power claim needs a caveatNotable Point
  168. Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p1
    9:42Explosive shells make protection essentialChapter
  169. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    18:25American planning for war with Spain before 1898Notable Point
  170. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    27:10A renewed Philippine rebellion meets Dewey's hard-trained squadronChapter
  171. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    11:45Why the American Civil War produced the strangest ironcladsQ&A
  172. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:40:44Repeated troop columns counterfeit a larger armyNotable Point
  173. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    1:37:39HMS Warrior against USS MonitorQ&A
  174. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    3:29:20How the Trent Affair could rally Britain for warQ&A
  175. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    1:26:14The Peninsula Campaign paired amphibious logistics with imagined threatsQ&A
  176. Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)
    35:57Gotland showed why Baltic islands needed real garrisonsNotable Point
  177. Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)
    12:16Slavery's economic effects sharpen sectional conflictNotable Point
  178. Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)
    18:18Economic warfare behind the western campaignsNotable Point
  179. Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)
    19:15State guards gave the Confederacy early military readinessNotable Point
  180. Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)
    22:07Why capital-centred strategy trapped the eastern armiesNotable Point
  181. Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)
    24:26Secession preparations reached federal armoriesNotable Point
  182. Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)
    56:57Shiloh breaks early-war assumptions about survivalNotable Point
  183. Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)
    1:09:24Shiloh exposes the Confederacy's shortage of depthChapter
  184. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    6:50Why study Shiloh as naval history?Q&A
  185. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    8:03Why the western campaign was a logistics warChapter
  186. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    23:18Slavery, industry, and Confederate war capacityNotable Point
  187. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    36:39The Anaconda Plan's river and sea routesNotable Point
  188. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    43:33Richmond's industry and the cost of defending the capitalNotable Point
  189. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    53:30Rapid decapitation plans and underestimated opponentsNotable Point
  190. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    57:09Did foreign powers exploit the American Civil War?Q&A
  191. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    1:04:40War centralization and the limits of states' rightsNotable Point
  192. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    1:59:47River and lake battles belong to maritime historyNotable Point
  193. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    2:22:48Shiloh and the shock of modern-war casualtiesNotable Point
  194. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    2:25:19Shiloh and the maritime strategy of the western warNotable Point
  195. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    2:32:12Teaching the Civil War and avoiding assessment biasQ&A
  196. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    2:36:32Why Bruce Catton still works as an introductionNotable Point
  197. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    2:57:18Why Civil War casualty estimates can riseQ&A
  198. Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#
    5:00Manning M. Kimmel served both sides in the Civil WarNotable Point
  199. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    29:07Kimmel's interconnected military familyChapter
  200. Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)
    12:27Harriet Lane and coercive maritime enforcementChapter
  201. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    44:04Harriet Lane and the Civil War's first naval shotNotable Point
  202. An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)
    6:04Revenue cutters in American warsChapter
  203. An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)
    8:47Harriet Lane shows the cutter design idealNotable Point
  204. British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)
    12:29Why Bermuda received a floating dockChapter
  205. Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)
    47:33The evidence for mines already existedNotable Point
  206. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    0:03Monitors did not end with the American Civil WarNotable Point
  207. Sherman's March to the Sea
    0:00Why Sherman's March belongs in naval historyChapter
  208. Sherman's March to the Sea
    3:31Blockade, foreign support, and Confederate supplyChapter
  209. Sherman's March to the Sea
    8:18Why standardised logistics matteredNotable Point
  210. Sherman's March to the Sea
    11:40The Anaconda strategy and the infrastructure warChapter
  211. Sherman's March to the Sea
    19:28Why the Western Theater favored manoeuvreNotable Point
  212. Sherman's March to the Sea
    20:12Groupthink, preparation, and responsibility for warNotable Point
  213. Sherman's March to the Sea
    40:46The Grant-Sherman command partnershipNotable Point
  214. Sherman's March to the Sea
    46:26Howard's right wing and the southern flankChapter
  215. Sherman's March to the Sea
    54:19Slocum's left wing and the route to SavannahChapter
  216. Sherman's March to the Sea
    1:04:58Sherman's field orders: columns, wagons, and foragingChapter
  217. Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books
    1:01:35Public frost and practical Anglo-American relationsQ&A
  218. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol
    13:40British sea power and the Confederate steam ramsNotable Point
  219. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    3:15:02Riverine warfare lacks a single general historyQ&A
  220. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles
    57:32Hampton Roads: Monitor, Virginia, and the armour problemChapter
  221. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    4:04:41British and Union armies across the American Civil WarQ&A
  222. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    36:31Royal Navy leverage during the American Civil WarQ&A
  223. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    48:55The Trent Affair and the risk of war with BritainNotable Point
  224. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    3:10Vicksburg rewarded repeated riverine experimentationNotable Point
  225. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    7:18Mass politics can harden war aimsNotable Point
  226. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    10:43Failed European revolutions encouraged Union underestimationNotable Point
  227. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    11:48Culp's Hill exposes the limits of clean battlefield mapsNotable Point
  228. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    13:39Union cadres and quartermasters mattered more than martial fashionNotable Point
  229. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    15:28McClellan's missed opportunity at AntietamNotable Point
  230. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    19:32Confederate and Japanese leaders misread American resolveNotable Point
  231. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:56:53Civil War ramming worked only in restricted circumstancesNotable Point
  232. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:59:53Steam rams failed when collision became the main weaponQ&A
  233. Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/7
    0:29Confederate steam rams and Royal Navy purchaseChapter
  234. Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/7
    9:36Confined waters and luck at LissaNotable Point
  235. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    1:51The direct route to RichmondChapter
  236. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    3:39The armies Bull Run actually usedNotable Point
  237. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    5:57Unready armies meet at Bull RunChapter
  238. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    7:51Militia cohesion and defensive advantageNotable Point
  239. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    9:08A quick Richmond strike versus the Anaconda PlanNotable Point
  240. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    10:28Patterson's idle army still checks pursuitNotable Point
  241. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    12:22Union resources compound with timeNotable Point
  242. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    13:04Veteran NCOs build the Union ArmyNotable Point
  243. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    14:14A railway success that could not be sustainedNotable Point
  244. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    15:10The Confederacy as a political gambleNotable Point
  245. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    17:24The ground between Washington and RichmondChapter
  246. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    19:08A few weeks could have changed the Union attackNotable Point
  247. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    20:33Political pressure meets the reality of the groundNotable Point
  248. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    21:37The case for delaying Confederate secessionNotable Point
  249. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    22:55The South's missing east-west linksNotable Point
  250. Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/7
    24:08A defensible Union aim, terribly executedNotable Point
  251. The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol
    58:11From Napoleonic maneuver to World War I trench linesNotable Point
  252. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    25:33Union river ironclads and industrial logisticsNotable Point
  253. Blockade
    7:31Why Confederate transport and industry favored the Anaconda PlanChapter
  254. Blockade
    10:27The Anaconda Plan and compounding trade pressureNotable Point
  255. Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History
    28:29Civil wars grow from structures older than their opening battlesChapter
  256. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class
    10:31American neutrality changed the monitors' proposed namesNotable Point
  257. Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments
    3:08Why command and logistics decided the American Civil WarNotable Point
  258. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    1:35:11Reading Civil War photographs as operational evidenceChapter
  259. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    1:39:47Amphibious operations on both sides of the Civil WarNotable Point
  260. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    1:19:39Slavery, state power, and Confederate memoryNotable Point
  261. Bruships 36: International Relations
    3:45:45How British treaty ports could reshape the American Civil WarNotable Point
  262. Bruships 36: International Relations
    3:49:31Confederate trade through hypothetical British portsQ&A
  263. Bruships 36: International Relations
    3:51:13Support for the Union and continued commerceQ&A
  264. Paddle Steamers of War Long Patrol
    19:41The American Civil War as a river-and-railroad warChapter
  265. Paddle Steamers of War Long Patrol
    21:26Sultana exposed the risks of overloaded early steamshipsNotable Point
  266. Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 1920
    2:36:49Opponent quality and Robert E. Lee's reputationNotable Point
  267. Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 1920
    2:40:50Why George Thomas and Rosecrans are overshadowedNotable Point
  268. Paddle Ships at War
    1:04:52Sultana, USS Cairo, and Civil War river powerChapter
  269. Paddle Ships at War
    1:16:17The American Civil War as a river warChapter
  270. Four Random Books 16: It's A Question of Dates
    12:57British turret ships from Prince Albert to CaptainChapter
  271. Four Random Books 15: Civil War
    0:05Four books on the Korean and American Civil WarsChapter
  272. Four Random Books 15: Civil War
    6:33Fort Sumter, Buchanan, and the collapse of compromiseChapter
  273. Four Random Books 15: Civil War
    8:51How Buchanan's cabinet moved toward a Union positionNotable Point
  274. Four Random Books 15: Civil War
    12:12Competing claims about Buchanan's Fort Sumter pledgeNotable Point
  275. Four Random Books 15: Civil War
    13:34Terrible Swift Sword and the decision point of 1862Chapter
  276. Four Random Books 15: Civil War
    17:19Never Call Retreat on Lincoln, Sherman, and the war's endChapter
  277. Four Random Books 15: Civil War
    20:31Five Forks puts Lee's Petersburg line at riskNotable Point
  278. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    1:49:38Were any warships less useful than Kamchatka?Q&A
  279. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    2:01:18A theory for Hunley's lossQ&A
  280. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    2:11:56Why weaker navies fall into short-term operationsNotable Point
  281. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)
    0:57Why a hot Trent Affair changes the Civil WarChapter
  282. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)
    2:48A Union navy still trying to moderniseChapter
  283. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)
    12:19Seward reverses the reunification gambleNotable Point
  284. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)
    15:12British reinforcements make Canada a second frontNotable Point
  285. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)
    16:10Sea power against the Anaconda PlanChapter
  286. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)
    29:08Why the scenario points toward negotiated peaceChapter
  287. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    7:23Why the Trent Affair was such a dangerous crisisChapter
  288. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    10:54The Oregon dispute and America's exposed Pacific flankNotable Point
  289. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    15:08Why late 1861 was an awkward moment for the UnionChapter
  290. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    30:21Why Britain forced the Union to reconsiderChapter
  291. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    41:43Why a distant blockade favored BritainNotable Point
  292. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    1:09:28A short Anglo-American war and an unfinished Civil WarNotable Point
  293. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    1:16:56Would British intervention make the Union fight harder?Q&A
  294. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    1:21:11Why the Union still needed overseas trade in 1861Q&A
  295. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    1:30:58If the Trent Affair had never happenedQ&A
  296. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    1:37:09Can sea power decide a continental Civil War?Q&A
  297. Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty
    2:37:13The Trent Affair and a War Britain Would Fight by ProxyNotable Point
  298. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:54:56Reading the American Civil War through photographsChapter
  299. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    35:11Why later wars leave more officer memoirsNotable Point
  300. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:11:59Britain, France, and neutrality in the American Civil WarNotable Point
  301. An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 1 of 2
    9:43The American Civil War was a steamboat war as well as a railroad warNotable Point
  302. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:49:54Canada's geography complicated post-Civil-War invasion fearsQ&A
  303. Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…
    1:13:05British trade and strategy in the US Civil WarQ&A
  304. Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…
    1:41:57Why Britain reinforced Canada during the US Civil WarQ&A