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From Dixie to the Land of the Rising Sun

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CSS Stonewall looks lethal even sitting in dry dock. Despite its killing power, the ram was destined to see little combat.How CSS Stonewall became the Japanese Navy’s First Ironclad Midshipman Alfred Thayer Mahan immediately recognized the ironclad ram he spotted entering Yokohama Bay in April 1868. He had seen it before, back when he was stationed at the Washington Navy Yard. It was the former CSS Stonewall, a French-built Confederate ironclad. Stonewall never fired a …

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