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Welcome to the Forum. Ground rules are simple: Questions, comments, classifieds, event notices and After-Action Reports, recruiting, humor (please) and yes, even gripes/complaints are encouraged, provided they are in good taste with plain old fashoned politeness. POLITICAL OR RACIST AGENDAS, FLAMING, BLATANT RUDENESS, PROFANITY, THREATS, OBSCENE ADVERTISEMENTS, OR SMEAR CAMPAIGNS BY OR AGAINST INDIVIDUALS, UNITS, VENDORS OR MANUFACTURERS WILL BE DELETED IMMEDIATELY AND THE POSTER WILL BE EITHER PLACED IN MODERATED-POST STATUS, OR PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM THIS FORUM AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PROVOST; NO QUESTIONS, NO EXCUSES, NO EXCEPTIONS. Corrections or content editing for the sake of conserving space are done in consideration of users at large. Please conduct bargaining and haggling off-line, thanks. Other than that, have at it and enjoy! (Disclaimer: This cost-free Forum is privately operated as a courtesy to the CW Naval Reenacting community; no profit, kickback or other business advantage is received by me for it's existance. Thank you.)

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Re: Marines in the Brown Water Navy.
The opening year of the war and the establishment of the Western Gynboat Flotilla any "ship's marines" were mostly army personnel. The Navy takes over the WGB
Posted - Mon May 7, 2012 4:05 pm
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Re: Marines in the Brown Water Navy.
In The United States Marine Corps - In the Second Year by David M. Sullivan starting on Page 158, he mentions a call for Marines by RAdm. Porter in late Oct,
Posted - Mon May 7, 2012 2:46 am
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Re: Marines in the Brown Water Navy.
OK, I'll jump in first. While I have read that regs could be a bit more "relaxed" for sailors on the inland rivers than in the fleets along the seaboard, I
Posted - Sun May 6, 2012 2:19 pm
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Marines in the Brown Water Navy.
Would the Marines in the Brown Water look any different than thier counterparts. I have been told that equipment would have been secondhand at best, and things
Posted - Sun May 6, 2012 12:02 am
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help needed with historic information ...
Hi! Does anyone know something about this: "Have you ever run across anything about a Union report in ORA about CS Marine prisoners taken in 1863 near Bermuda
Posted - Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:56 am
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