USS Monitor Legacy Program: Capturing and Destroying the Ironclad Eastport
Presenter: John V. Quarstein Director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center About the lecture: Union Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote’s western flotilla supported General US Grant’s effort to control middle Tennessee. Once his ironclad fleet captured Ft. Henry, Foote sent part of his command down the Tennessee River to destroy Confederate transportation systems, supply depots, and capture […]