IRONCLADS STRIKE: CSS PALMETTO STATE AND CSS CHICORA

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Map, “The Rebel defences of Charleston Harbor, SC, August 1863.”
Robert Knox Sneden,艺术家,1832-1918。由国会图书馆提供。

Something unusual occurred in the early morning darkness of January 31, 1863, when the Confederate ironclad rams, CSSChicora和CSS.Palmetto状态,越过查尔斯顿酒吧并击中了联盟船只守卫那个封锁跑步者的避风港。这是同盟融合的第一次进入公海,并在联邦一般P.G.T。Beauregard,已经破坏了封锁。虽然联邦炮舰迅速重新回到车站,但它是距离查尔斯顿的捍卫者的巨大推动,他们期待着对他们的港口的联合Ironclad攻击。

当一般p.g.t.Beauregard于1862年9月24日在南卡罗来纳和格鲁吉亚部门承担了指挥,他立即意识到联邦海军积极支持,以便像查尔斯顿和大草原等港口捍卫港口。Beauregard,Fort Sumter和First Manassas的战斗中的英雄知道,武装有膛线的铁切公羊提供了不仅可以保护港口的最佳机会;而且,也许是打破联邦商业的联盟策略 - 棉花贸易为南方战争努力这么重要。Read more

我们的最后几天监控

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监视器男孩。甲板的官员。
海滨博物馆
P0001.014-01–PN5987

After the ironclad’s showdown with CSSVirginia1862年3月9日,美国Monitor被认为是“拯救国家的小船”。'该Monitor继续在弗吉尼亚水域送达弗吉尼亚州,直到9月30日送往华盛顿海军院子,以便需要维修。由于遗弃和重新分配,船的补充改变了;尽管如此,它将在11月8日离开院子返回汉普顿道路。获得了各种改进,Monitor被定位在纽波特新闻点,守卫联邦Ironclad CSS的任何游览里士满

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Commerce Raider CSS NASHVILLE

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纳什维尔/Rebel. Pen and Ink Drawing. Samuel Ward Stanton, artist, ca. 1890-1910. The Mariners’ Museum 1988.0041.000446

这CSS纳什维尔was the first Confederate warship to be recognized by Great Britain when the commerce raider arrived in Southampton, Great Britain, on November 21, 1861. This caused a diplomatic estrangement between Great Britain and the United States simultaneously with the infamous Trent Affair. Virtually trapped in Southampton by USS托斯卡罗拉那thanks to the British Foreign Enlistment Act,纳什维尔能够逃避北卡罗来纳州北卡罗来纳州的封锁和跑步。这纳什维尔ended its commerce raiding career when it was sold to become a blockade runner at Georgetown, South Carolina. Nevertheless, CSS纳什维尔在同盟搜查欧洲认可中发挥了重要作用。

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纳什维尔was built as a fast screw steamer constructed by William Collyer of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and it launched on September 22, 1853.Commissioned as United States Mail Steamer, the sidewheeler纳什维尔maintained a passenger run between New York and Charleston, South Carolina. The ship’s characteristics were as follows:Read more

加尔维斯顿之战

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Galveston Battlefield地图,1863年。礼貌的战场保护计划和国家公园服务。

约翰岸头的主要一般综合球迷于1862年10月下旬抵达德克萨斯州,并立即试图恢复他在弗吉尼亚半岛赚取的桂冠。德克萨斯州的主要港口加尔维斯顿已在同月早些时候被联盟海军部队征服。因此,魔法师决定组织一个土地海运,以打破加尔维斯顿的工会抓地力,从而重新打开该港口到同盟封锁跑步者。加尔维斯顿将在战争的结论之前留在彼儿手中。

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USS Hatteras:第一个由CSS Alabama沉没的军舰

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CSS阿拉巴马州,同盟国蒸汽辅助的助剂 - 战争加剧,1862年。建造者的模型。1985.0024.000001A的后水手博物馆

When President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of the entire southern coastline, the US Navy only had 93 warships, and almost half of these were outdated or unusable. So, the US Navy went on a buying spree purchasing every steamer that could mount cannons. One of these vessels was theSt. Marywhich was soon commissioned as USSHatteras。反过来,联邦没有海军,并试图在海外获得船只攻击北方商船。这些商务攻略最成功的是CSS阿拉巴马州。这两艘战舰将于1863年1月11日,德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿的致命遭遇,导致我们的沉没Hatteras.

来自蒸笼St. Mary对我们HatterasRead more