National Civil War Naval Museum
| National Civil War Naval Museum | |
 32.447723 N,-84.979513 W
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| Established | 1962 |
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| Location | 1002 Victory Drive Columbus, Georgia United States |
| Coordinates | 32°26′52″N 84°58′46″W / 32.447723°N 84.979513°W |
| Type | American Civil War Naval |
| Director | Ken Johnston |
| Website | http://www.portcolumbus.org |
The National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus, located in Columbus, Georgia, United States, is a 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) facility that features two original American Civil War military vessels, uniforms, equipment and weapons used by the Union and Confederate navies. It is the only museum in the nation that tells the story of the two navies during the Civil War.
The museum opened in 1962 at 202 4th Street in Columbus as the James W. Woodruff, Jr. Confederate Naval Museum, named after the man whose financial support made the museum a reality. In March 2001, the museum relocated to its present $8 million facility at 1002 Victory Drive and received a new name to reflect new exhibits that showcase both the Union and Confederate navies.
The highlight of the museum is the 180-foot (55 m) hull of CSS Jackson (also known as CSS Muscogee), an ironclad ram put to fire in the Chattahoochee River by the Union troops of Gen. James H. Wilson and recovered from the bed of the river in the 1960s. Also on display are what's left of CSS Chattahoochee and an intact rowboat from USS Hartford. Two models of the warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (the former USS Merrimack), used in the TNT film Ironclads, and recreated full-scale sections of three other civil war-era warships are among the hundreds of Civil War artifacts located in the museum (including sections of Admiral David Farragut's Hartford including the berth deck, wardroom and captain's cabin). There is also a battle experience theater that will put visitors right in the middle of a Civil War battle and an interactive Confederate ironclad ship simulator offering visitors an opportunity to experience 19th century naval combat first hand.
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