Why is the navy significant and related to the civil war?
In 1943 a sailor serving aboard the aircraft carrier Hornet (CV 12) wrote home to his parents, saying “wherever we go, [we] will be part of America.” Having a strong Navy allows you to project power all over the world. The Mar 9, 1862 battle of the ironclads in the American Civil War rendered all navies in the world immediately obsolete The north’s ability to blockade ports, interrupt supply lanes, control rivers and render combat support through naval gunfire was a blueprint for future naval actions around the world,. Industrial development and naval expansion has shaped geopolitics since the end of the civil war: those with powerful navies have been able to affect the outcome of wars, dictate national boundaries and enforce international agreements. Those without have not!
