CSPAN3 American History TV October 25, 2014
The vast number of confederate sailors, most of those guys that crew those three iron clads are from virginia and are based in and around richmond on the rivers. So they are actually not that cut poch one of the best things that helped sailor morale is right up until the end the navy eats better than the normally does. The amy has a far better ration system than the army does. But the one of the things too that sustains the sailors particularly the ones on the ironclads and particularly the ones, you know, on the rivers, is that they are defending home. They are making a visible contribution a...