SPEAKER:  Dwight Hughes

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TOPIC:  The naval side of the Civil War can best be defined as the Wide Oceans, the Offshore Blockade, Peripheral Coasts and Harbors, and Heartland Rivers. Bounded primarily by land-water interfaces, some of these wet theaters overlay terrestrial counterparts while others extended far beyond familiar battlefields to the far side of the world. Each naval theater demonstrated unique characteristics and posed unique challenges to both the United States and Confederate States navies. This presentation discusses distinctive strategic, tactical, technological, and command characteristics of naval theaters and their contributions to land campaigns through cooperative operations.