The CWSMMA encourages and accepts writings from sources all over the world.  We have a collegiate nature about us in promoting studies from arm-chair historians to real-sea Captains to colleagues whom hold degrees or are Doctoral candidates.  We offer five services, for free:

• We conduct reviews of books and articles and publish such reviews in our magazine and on our website - there is no cost to the author, ever. 
• Our constituency may elect to publish your article on our website, or;
• We may publish it in our print magazine, or;
• We might offer to bind, print and sell your book for you (we ask for 40% of the proceeds).  We also will sell it online, worldwide, for you.  We pay all of the upfront costs, you pay and owe nothing.  Our financial prowess and investments are limited to supporting no more than 10 authors per year.  In some few cases, we have translated it into other languages also - at no additional cost, or;
• We may offer to publish and print a booklet and offer it for sale or for free at events.

     PUBLISHED AUTHORS WITH GALLEYS, MANUSCRIPTS OR FINISHED BOOKS: If you have an article or book published already, they can be shipped to us for a review to be published.  NEW ARTICLES, ETC... will be reviewed and may be sent in Microsoft Word or in WordPerfect (any versions) to publisher@cwsmma.com  Our corporate servers can handle mega-files and photos.  Snail photos can be returned with a SASE.  Our goal is to financially support aspiring writers who want to publish or sell their works to the public when most other means fail them. 

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          BROWSE OUR ARTICLES         

A number of our articles from authors utilize software programs that people cannot afford or do not own.  For that reason we provide to our guests with free viewing programs.  Every file, in this world, has what is called an extension.  For instance, a file named REENACTING.doc immediately tells us that this file was typed up by someone in the Microsoft Word program.  We can tell as soon as we look at it when we notice that the extension is .doc at the end. What if a fellow historian emails you an article he found named FortsANDcannons.pdf - right there we can easily realize that this is a .pdf extension and is viewable in the Adobe Acrobat program.  A number of articles are issued in Adobe Acrobat format (the file extension is always .pdf).  Adobe makes a free program for viewing such kinds of files called, "Acrobat."  Another company highly used is Microsoft (expensive)!  They have several programs that people use, like: Word (makes nice typed publications with an extension of .doc), PowerPoint (makes slide presentations with file extensions of .ppt) and Excel (makes good charts and has extensions of .xls).  Finally, there is the free, "WinZip," program that basically zips (compresses) and unzips (decompresses) any number of files.  This is handy to learn about or use to send, lets say, two dozen photos from a museum you visited - to your friend.  It packages all of them into one, small file that you can attach to an email.  If you do not own these programs or software - then first download the free viewer needed and this will allow you to read or see files.  Your computer will automatically know what to do - no need for you to anguish or fiddle around with a million different things.  Avoid the high costs of buying several programs, count on the CWSMMA to provide inexpensive or free solutions to you.  Some of our files have photos or are in text (.txt) format.

Distinct Articles from Noted Authorities

»  Remarks relative to Ironclads, by General P.G.T. Beauregard, Charleston 1863.
»  Reenacting a Navy Impression, by William J. Mazzocco, Reenactors Journal, November 1993 ARCHIVED PAPER
»  Personal letter and follow up to previous article published, by William J. Mazzocco, 1994 ARCHIVED PAPER
»  Responses to Naval/Marine Impression Questionnaire, by William J. Mazzocco, 1994 ARCHIVED PAPER
»  A Second Look: Reenacting a Navy Impression, by William J. Mazzocco, Reenactors Journal, June 1994 ARCHIVED PAPER
»  Federal Navy: Getting Underway, by Kevin M. Doyle, Reenactors Journal, September 1994 ARCHIVED PAPER
»  Ironclads on the Ohio, by Bill Mazzocco, Reenactors Journal, November 1994 ARCHIVED PAPER
»  The Ironclads: Reenacting a Real Civil War Navy Enlisted Impression, by Senior Chief Petty Officer Martin CJ Mongiello
                                                                                 (SW/SS) (Ret.), Camp Chase Gazette, September, 1995  ARCHIVED PAPER
»  Surfacing Hunley, by Commander George Cornelius, U.S. Navy (Retired), Proceedings, August 1996.
»  A Flotilla Cries Eureka!  By William J. Bray, Jr., Naval History Magazine, June 1998.
»  Nothing Stinks Like Blood - an interview with Edwin C. Bearss by David Hofeling, Naval History Magazine, June 2002.
»  Raising the Turret, by Justin Lyons, Naval History Magazine, December 2002 (USS Monitor article).
»  The Cutlass Carved its Niche in Our Navy's Annals, By Richard Meckel, JO2, USNR, DON NHC February 2005
 

Sword, Broadsword, Cutlass, Cannon, Artillery, Shipboard and Landing Party Fighting + Regulations and noted Official and Semi-Official Books

So many Associates have requested these books in their original format!  They are printing it, trimming the pages in an old-time rough manner and then sewing it together with a needle and thread.  Some have even discolored a few of the pages with strong tea (laser printers only or copy machines-NOT ink jets) or burnt a portion of the edges afterwards.  It makes for an excellent, authentic reproduction.

»  The Sword Exercise arranged for Military Instruction, THE REAL - ORIGINAL BOOK, By Brevet Major Henry C. Payne.  Published by Gideon and Company, Washington, 1850.  Reprinted by the New Mexico Volunteers, Albuquerque, NM, USA 1979 and Walsworth, Marceline, MO, USA
»  Cold Steel, a practical treatise on the Sabre, THE REAL - ORIGINAL BOOK,  Based on the Old English Backsword Play of the Eighteenth Century Combined with the Method of the Modern Italian School.  Also on Various Other Weapons of the Present Day Including the Short-Sword Bayonet and Constables Truncheon.  By Alfred Hutton, Captain of the Kings Guards.  Published by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London, 1889.  Presented in the modern age by Mr. Peter Valentine©. Also see his Old Sword Play,
»  Principles of Squad Instruction for the Broadsword, THE REAL - ORIGINAL BOOK, by A.J. Corbesier, Sword-Master of the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1872 - A copy of the original as was published in 1872, Philadelphia, PA by J.B. Lippincott & Company with a forward by Vice-Admiral David Dixon Porter.    Read more fascinating information here...
»  The Petty Officer's Drill Book, SELECTED PORTIONS OF THE REAL - ORIGINAL BOOK, prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Navigation by Lieut.-Comdr, William F. Fullam, USN.  Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1904 Revised Edition.  Coming soon.
»  US Navy Light Artillery afloat and ashore, regulations and conduct for usage in small boats - an original CWSMMA publication - coming in 2005!  With plates featuring the famed three wheeled piece.  A .pdf will be sold also.
»  Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy, THE REAL ORIGINAL BOOK, by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1865 - available September, 2004.  Currently in printed form only.  A .pdf is being made available soon and may be sold publicly.
»  The Records of the Living Officers of the US Navy and Marine Corps with a History of Naval Operations During the Rebellion of 1861 - 65 and a List of Ships and Officers Participating in the Great Battles, THE REAL ORIGINAL BOOK, by Lewis R. Hamersley (late Lieutenant Colonel United States Marine Corps).  Published by J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA,1870.  More than likely we will be offering a free .pdf of this and the 1902 version, soon.

Certificates and Other Helpful Papers

»  Boatswains pipe calls of the old navy, front and back with diagrams of call patterns.
»  Several other items coming soon!

Brochures and Flyers from Official CWSMMA Events

»  Cruising on the open ocean with Captain Semmes at the, "Terror of the CSS Alabama," 1996 CWSMMA event poster.
»  Kids coloring handouts for schools and CWSMMA events: The Fighting Sailor and the Ironclad.
»  Negishi Naval Base, Japanese-American Friendship Day poster, Negishi, Japan, 1999.
»  Information on Robert Smalls, hero and first African-American Captain of a US Vessel from robertsmalls.org
»  CWSMMA generated/supported brochure for the US Navy, 2004 - front and back in .jpg or in frontback editable for your own upcoming celebrations and events of this great, Navy and Army hero.  A friend of Admiral Du Pont and President Lincoln.

CWSMMA Official Standing Orders

»  Master Listing of all CWSMMA Standing Orders (SO)
»  Standing Order number one: Standards - Dedication - Mission Statement
»  Standing Order number two: Event Management and the Hierarchy of Commanders therein
»  Standing Order number three: Safety Rules and Procedures for shooting muzzle loading artillery
»  Standing Order number four: Overall Safety Rules and Procedures
»  Standing Order number five: CWSMMA/Civil War Naval Ranking...see also http://users.sisna.com/justinb/unifhome.html
»  Standing Order number six: CWSMMA After Action Report (Most helpful when used with planning, marketing, advertising, meeting and scheduling at the 18 month out mark of a upcoming event.  Mega events with cannon bristling on the open water, sailing on the high seas, brochures, lectures, book signings, classes and coordinating full-sized paddle wheel steamers does not happen by planning events 12 months before their date.
 

UNITED STATES NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, February 18, 1846

It having been represented to the Department, that confusion arises from the use of the words "Larboard" and "Starboard," in consequence of the similarity of sound, the word "Port" is hereafter to be substituted for "Larboard."

GEORGE BANCROFT

 

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