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    CSS Rappahannock, a steam sloop-of-war, was built at the Blackwall Yard on the River Thames by Money Wigram & Son in 1855 as an Intrepid-class gunvessel...
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    that year he commanded the steamer CSS George Page and was assigned to the steamer CSS Rappahannock. Also commanded CSS Appomattox in coastal North Carolina...
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    Cherbourg in late January 1864, it was decided to shift her armament to CSS Rappahannock. The transfer was never effected, however, and Georgia was moved to...
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    20, 1863 CSS Nashville, side-wheel steamer, brig rigged, sold and used as privateer Rattlesnake and sunk, February 28, 1862 CSS Rappahannock, screw steamer...
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    ammunition, as well as more crewmen, from CSS Rappahannock and CSS Florida. During this time she was commissioned CSS Stonewall while still at sea and Page...
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  • battle in the American Civil War CSS Rappahannock, a Confederate Army ship in service from 1864 to 1865 SS Rappahannock, a Furness Company steamer from...
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    that the quarry had escaped, she shifted to Calais, France, where CSS Rappahannock was moored. On 12 June, while moored in the Scheldt off Vlissingen...
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    CSS Teaser had been the aging Georgetown, D.C. tugboat York River until the beginning of the American Civil War, when she was taken into the Confederate...
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  • Netherlands. Sacramento assisted in blockading the Confederate gun vessel CSS Rappahannock detained at Calais, France, in early 1865, and in March joined USS Niagara...
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    Victor was sold to the Confederate States of America as the raider CSS Rappahannock, but she was interned by the French at Calais and never fulfilled her...
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    or the Sardinian Army; seized the Bostoner ship St. Nichols (later CSS Rappahannock) and raided merchant vessels, became a prisoner but was not considered...
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    S. Navy officer who joined the Confederate Navy and commanded the CSS Rappahannock. His second son, also named Thomas T. Fauntleroy, became a Virginia...
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  • 1863 as the civilian Scylla; the Confederate Navy repurchased her as CSS Rappahannock. HMS Victor (1913) was an Acasta-class destroyer launched in 1913 and...
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    resigned his U.S. Navy commission, but the ship he commanded, the CSS Rappahannock, was never permitted to leave European waters. His brother Dr. Archibald...
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    Ferrol, Spain, to transfer stores, as well as additional crew from CSS Rappahannock and CSS Florida. From El Ferrol, City of Richmond sailed to Bermuda and...
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  • Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Rappahannock wrecksite.eu CSS Rappahannock (+1862) Gaines, p. 187. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool...
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    formerly a lieutenant with the U.S. Navy. Lewis also commanded the CSS Rappahannock from 1862 to 1863 before taking command of the Spray in 1864. "Ladd...
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    on May 18 and 19, then continued blockade duty until steaming up the Rappahannock to Smith's Island on 24 June. Operating with the Army on the James River...
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    first months of the Civil War, Pocahontas patrolled the Potomac River, Rappahannock River, and Chesapeake Bay protecting water approaches to Washington,...
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    commander of the Army of the Potomac. Burnside ordered an attack across the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Delays in bridging the river allowed...
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    vessels stationed there. Without support of a naval presence on the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers, Union General John Pope's flanks were pushed back...
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  • her maneuverability. She returned to the Rappahannock River on 1 May 1863. During duty on the Rappahannock, Yankee captured the schooner Cassandra and...
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    Against presidential advice, Burnside launched an offensive across the Rappahannock River and was defeated by Lee at Fredericksburg in December. Facing low...
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    Virginia. Several dozen men and officers of the regiment also served on the CSS Virginia in the Battle of Hampton Roads. The 41st Virginia was also involved...
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    at Chancellorsville. That same day, John Sedgwick advanced across the Rappahannock River, defeated the small Confederate force at Marye's Heights in the...
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    In April 1862 Jacob Bell accompanied five other Union ships to the Rappahannock River to gather information for Major General George B. McClellan, who...
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    reorganized after Kernstown: McDowell's command became the Department of the Rappahannock, Banks's corps became the Department of the Shenandoah, while western...
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    USS Congress to give them aid in case of attack by the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack). On 8 March 1862 Dragon participated in the famous...
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    transport the Army of the Potomac by ship to Urbanna, Virginia, on the Rappahannock River, outflanking the Confederate forces near Washington, and proceeding...
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    reserve. In the Bristoe Campaign, Upton was cited for gallant service at Rappahannock Station in November 1863 and was given a brevet promotion to major in...
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