Louis N. Stodder
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Louis Napoleon Stodder was a U.S. Navy officer who served in the American Civil War as acting master on the famous USS Monitor when it fought the Merrimack at Hampton Roads on March 8–9, 1862. He is a
1865 photo of Acting Master Stodder (unknown photographer)
USS Monitor (replica)
Engraving of Monitor sinking
Union blockade
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The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading.
Scott's great snake, J. B. Elliot
The Confederate blockade runner SS Banshee in 1863
Blockade runner SS A.D. Vance, captured by the Union Navy and recommissioned as Advance
CSS David engaging New Ironsides on 5 October 1863, during the blockade of Charleston