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Originally published as the cover story in the Winter 2025 issue

Navy Line Officers

000 African American men enlisted in the Union army or navy

Faces of the Civil War Navies bull run com or 703-568-1616Archival images and biographical sketches of common sailors on both sides of the conflict reveal the human side of the Civil War. During the American Civil War, more than one hundred thousand men fought on ships at sea or on one of Americas great inland rivers. There were no large scale fleet engagements, yet the navies, particularly the Union Navy, did much to define the character of the war and affect its length. The first hostile shots roared from