Ironclads
City class ironclads
City class ironclads
USS Carondelet running pass Island No 10 USS Cairo sunk by mine in the Yazoo River
USS Keokuk
April 7 1863 Union ironclad attack on the fortifications of Charleston
CSS Chicora
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A real ,hold in your hands, model of the SS Planter.
This was the side-wheeler that Robert Smalls took out of Charleston.
The model is at the Confederate Relic Room and Museum , Columbia SC.
Georgia
CSS Georgia
The Georgia's engines were not up to the task of powering this 250 foot
monster and she became a floating battery on the Savannah River
.
The CSS Atlanta was built up from the blockade runner Fingal and
was to be the premier Southern ironclad but was handed one of worst defeats of
any Civil War ironclad.
The USS Weehawken fired two 11 inch and two 15 inch at the Atlanta
which had run aground. the 11 inch shots caused little damage but the two 15
inch cored solid shots put the end to the contest. One shot struck the top of
the pilot house taking the roof off and wounding the pilots, the second shot
struck the casemate, breaking through the 4 inches of iron plus the 16 inches of
wood and injuring 16 crewmen. The sister ship to the Weehawken, the USS
Nahant, did not have a chance to join in the fight.
New Orleans
CSS Manassas
On October 11,1861 the Manassas
attacked the Union blockading ships at the Head of Passes, below New Orleans. This action
was the first encounter of an ironclad warship against another ship of war during the War
Between the States.
CSS Manassas
The Manassas rammed and damaged the USS Richmond, but
the collision also damaged the Manassas to the point she could not continue the
fight. The resulting action drove the blockading ships further to sea.
Yazoo River
CSS Arkansas
July 14, 1862
The CSS Arkansas engages three Union vessels, one being the ironclad Carondelet.
The Carondelet was defeated and run a ground by the CSS Arkansas
The destruction of the CSS Arkansas
Commander Stevens puts his crew a
shore and sets fires to the disabled Arkansas.
Charleston Ironclads
Days end
CSS Charleston, CSS Palmetto State and CSS Chicora
CSS Charleston
CSS Chicora
CSS Columbia
CSS Palmetto State
USS Keokuk: The Keokuk was severely damaged from the guns of Fort Sumter
during the ironclad attack of April 7, 1863. The Keokuk sank the following
morning.
The CSS Planter was used by
Robert Smalls and his group for the daring escape from Charleston.
Two Monitors firing on Fort Sumter.
The CSS Chicora and tug pass
Sullivans Island.
The CSS Chicora running a
summer squall.
USS Ironsides
A battle veteran of Charleston.
Torpedo boats
CSS David
The David was used to tow the H. L. Hunley.
The David entering a back marsh at Schooner Creek.
North Carolina Ironclads
The CSS North Carolina on the Cape Fear River.
CSS North Carolina
CSS Albemarle coming down the Roanoke River.
CSS Raleigh driving off the Union blockaders from New Inlet River.
Virginia Ironclads
CSS Virginia vs. USS Monitor, March 9, 1862
The Virginia fires a parting shot at the Monitor.
CSS Texas
