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Confederate ironclads: started but not finished Have come across a few names of ironclads that were started but never completed for one reason or another Weldon steam battery, Improved Albemarle, Tar river (Pamlico), Wilmington, Mr Graves' boat, Mr Porter's boat, Mississippi, Yazoo Monster, Tennessee I, Ashley, Cooper Could y'all build
Eastport | Shiloh Pittsburg Landing | American Civil War Forums Eastport as my ancestors knew it was wiped out when the river was dammed Thanks for posting about this as my roots are Tishomingo county and love any opportunity to bring light to this wonderful place
Info on the Tennessee (I) and the Eastport | Naval War - At Sea Along . . . The first CSN ironclad to be named the Tennessee and the Eastport, like many Confederate ships, are quite mysterious We know the Tennessee (I) was ordered in April 1862, and was still under construction at John T Shirley's yard at Memphis when she was burned to prevent capture on 5 June, but
Confederate Gunboats on the Tennessee River Later, he explicitly mentions the Eastport at Cerro Gordo, so that accounts for one, and I think we are all on board with that identification The other two are where my query lies On January 19, 1862, Shirk take the Lexington up the Tennessee and mentions spotting two of the still-incomplete gunboats near the fort
Streights Alabama Raid - American Civil War Forums From Nashville, Tennessee, Streight's command traveled to Eastport, Mississippi, and then proceeded east to Tuscumbia, Alabama, in conjunction with another Union force commanded by Brig Gen Grenville Dodge On April 26, 1863, Streight's men left Tuscumbia and marched southeast, their initial movements screened by Dodge's troops
CSS Mobile Ironclad | Naval War - At Sea Along Inland Waterways CSS Mobile as an ironclad Class: ironclad gunboat Type: Eastport Dimensions: 150ft OA x 28ft EX x 7 5ft D, 450tons One screw, speed 8 knots estimated Guns: 1 -8" MLR, 1 -32pd MLR, 1 -32pdr SB Armour: probably 2" over 12" timber on the casemate Design; I N Brown
History of the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment Eastport at that time was the home of wealth and culture, the head of all year navigation on the Tennessee River, and freight from all points for east Mississippi and west Alabama came to this port, where it was loaded on wagons and carried to its destination
CSS Mobile Ironclad | Naval War - At Sea Along Inland Waterways CSS Mobile as an ironclad Class: ironclad gunboat Type: Eastport Dimensions: 150ft OA x 28ft EX x 7 5ft D, 450tons One screw, speed 8 knots estimated Guns: 1 -8" MLR, 1 -32pd MLR, 1 -32pdr SB Armour: probably 2" over 12" timber on the casemate Design; I N Brown
Civil War Articles in New Naval History Magazine Second is an article on the Eastport, Great Expectations for an Ill-Fated Ironclad, by Charles Pearson Eastport was sunk late in the Red River Expedition Her wreck sank another ship the next year The two ships have been found and are in reasonably good condition After excavation and study, they were re-covered and left