An Old Man's War

TFSmith's use of Wolseley to pronounce many of his opinions of officers in both the British and American armies tends to make the man look a little bit biased.

A Webb of deception

Two of the largely ahistorical ironclads which TFSmith has appear in Burnished Rows of Steel are the New York and New Jersey, each possessing forty guns. These are in fact what in our world were the Re d'Italia and the Re de Portogallo (known colloquially as the "Webb Frigates"), but completed much sooner (in service by December 1862, instead of the historical date around September 1864).
This early completion date poses a number of problems.