Confederate States Naval Technological Advances I have always enjoyed finding information about the Civil War, especially the Confederacy. To go along with that, I enjoy books about the Navy and military. I found my opportunity for a good and fun paper by combining these two into one subject. This subject is the Naval innovations, and events leading up to these innovations, proving the ingenuity of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. The Confederate Navy was the mother of many technological advances. During the early stages of the war, navys on both sides were fairly small, and pretty much standard in armament. The Southern navy being small