Whilst I was doing my Extended Essay on the American Civil War, I was fortunate enough to come by these excellent resources on the naval aspect of the American Civil War. These resources helped me immensely on my Extended Essay.
These resources are mostly books, so you may have to go to your local university’s library in order to find most of them. There are some extremely old books listed on here that you can find online in library archives. If all else fails, try Google Books.
One of the resources I really liked on here would probably be “Lincoln and His Admirals” by Craig L. Symonds–it was quite comprehensive in the way that it described the Union war effort at sea. It also illustrated how Union naval supremacy was an implication of Lincoln’s role in the war effort.
Good luck and have fun studying the American Civil War!
A Guide to the Tredegar Iron Works Records, 1801-1957. 2 September 2009 <http://vip.lib.virginia.edu:8080/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi00494.bioghist>.
Allen, Thomas B and Roger MacBride Allen. Mr. Lincoln’s High-Tech War. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2009.
Battle Summary: Hampton Roads, VA. 31 July 2009 <http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/va008.htm>.
Beringer, Richard E. Why the South Lost the Civil War. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1986.
Blair, Dr. William A. “Extremists at the Gate.” Sheehan-Dean, Aaron, et al. Struggle for a Vast Future. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2006.
Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1997.
Catton, Bruce. “Ironclad Epic.” Churchill, Sir Winston. History of the English Speaking Peoples. Ed. Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Hugh Trevor-Roper and A.J.P. Taylor. Vol. XX. London: BPC Publishing Ltd., 1971. 3200-3207.
Chittenden, L. E. Recollections Of President Lincoln And His Administration. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891.
Churchill, Sir Winston. “The Campaign Against Richmond.” Churchill, Sir Winston. History of the English Speaking Peoples. Ed. Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Hugh Trevor-Roper and A.J.P. Taylor. Vol. XX. London: BPC Publishing Ltd., 1971. 3186-3199.
Civil War Naval Actions — Action between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. 29 May 2001. 4 August 2009 <http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/civilwar/n-at-cst/hr-james/9mar62.htm>.
Clark, John Elwood. Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004.
Clinton, Catherine. Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Civil War. New York: Scholastic, 1999.
Commager, Henry Steele. The Blue and the Gray. New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1950.
Coulter, E. Merton. A History of the South: The Confederate States of America 1861-1865. Vol. VII. Baton Rouge: Louisana State University Press, 1950.
Davis, Jefferson. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881.
Davis, William C. Duel Between the First Ironclads. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975.
Donovan, Frank R. Ironclads of the Civil War. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1964.
Editors of Time-Life Books. The Blockade: Runners and Raiders. Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1983.
Farmer, Alan. “Why was the Confederacy Defeated?” History Review (London) September 2005: 15-20. History Study Center. ProQuest LLC. 28 September 2009. <http://www.historystudycenter.com>.
Foote, Shelby. The Civil War, A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville. New York: Vintage Books, 1986.
Greene, Jack and Alessandro Massignani. Ironclads at War: The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship, 1854-1891. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998.
Holzer, Harold and Tim Mulligan. The Battle of Hampton Roads: New perspectives on the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. New York: Fordham University Press, 2006.
Jones, Virgil Carrington. The Civil War at Sea: The Blockaders. Vol. I. New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1960.
Konstam, Angus. Confederate Ironclad 1861-65. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2001.
—. Duel of the Ironclads. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2003.
Linedecker, Clifford L. Civil War A to Z: The Complete Handbook of America’s Bloodiest Conflict. New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.
McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1988.
Oates, Stephen B. With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Mentor, 1977.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series I. Vol. VII. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1898.
Rhodes, James Ford. History of the Civil War. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917.
Scharf, John Thomas. History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel. New York: Rogers & Sherwood, 1887.
Surdam, David G. Northern Naval Superiority and the Economics of the American Civil War. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2001.
Symonds, Craig L. Decision at Sea. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
—. Lincoln and His Admirals. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2008.
Tucker, Spencer. A Short History of the Civil War at Sea. Wilmington: SR Books, 2002.
Walsh, George. “Damage Them All You Can”: Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. New York: Forge, 2002.