This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XZ.2ADE/1395 Message Board Post: Rearching the Naval/Marine Presence along the Thames River. Original station on the New London Side of River. Also visits of Civil War ships, USS Hartford, to Naval Station. I am Civil War Marine Re-enactor Serving Aboard the USS Hartford.