EPISODE · Jul 23, 2013 · 9 MIN
Wooden Letter Opener
from A History of the Navy in 100 Objects · host United States Naval Academy
Video 24 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses a wooden letter opener from the wood of the CSS Shenandoah.
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The Civil War split the country, and the Navy, into two. The Union and Confederate navies adapted to the conflict differently. Today we look specifically at how the Confederate Navy turned to commerce warfare and innovation to try to survive. Many of the key technologies essential to modern navies saw their first use in the Civil War, including the iron-clad warship, the submarine, and the torpedo boat. We look at all of this using today's object, a small wooden letter opener made from the wood of the CSS Shenandoah.
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