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    CSS Tennessee was a casemate ironclad ram built for the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. She served as the flagship of Admiral Franklin...
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  • Navy as USS Tennessee (1853); she was later renamed USS Mobile when the ironclad CSS Tennessee (1863) was captured in 1864 CSS Tennessee (1862) [es] was...
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    designer, CSS Texas belonged to an 1863/64 class of three ironclads, with CSS Tennessee (1863) (also referred to as the CSS Tennessee II) and CSS Columbia...
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  • 1862. CSS Tennessee (1863) was a Confederate ironclad captured from the Confederacy in the Battle of Mobile Bay on 16 February 1864. USS Tennessee (1865)...
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  • Confederacy in 1862; formerly CSS Tennessee, later becoming USS Mobile in 1864; becoming SS Republic after the war USS Tennessee (1863), a Confederate ironclad...
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  • Two ships in the Confederate Navy were named CSS Nashville in honor of Nashville, Tennessee. CSS Nashville (1861) was a steamer, seized in 1861. She was...
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    Franklin Buchanan, flown from CSS Virginia during the first day of the Battle of Hampton Roads and also flown from the CSS Tennessee during the Battle of Mobile...
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    1863 CSS America, racing yacht, scuttled: 1862 CSS Archer, schooner, captured: June 28, 1863 CSS Caleb Cushing, revenue cutter, burned: June 28, 1863...
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    from the exploits of such vessels as CSS Virginia herself, CSS Arkansas, CSS Albemarle and CSS Tennessee (1863).[citation needed] In their specific outer...
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    CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. The vessel was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool...
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  • Rio Grande. On 1 September 1864, following the capture of ironclad CSS Tennessee and her commissioning as a ship of the U.S. Navy, the side wheeler steamer...
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    CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King and later El Majidi, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full-rigged sailing ship with auxiliary steam power chiefly known...
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    served as captain of the ironclad CSS Charleston, which operated in defense of Charleston, South Carolina, during 1863–1865. At the end of the Civil War...
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    ensuing battle Metacomet and other Union ships captured Confederate ram CSS Tennessee, a major threat to the blockaders at Mobile. Farragut's ships maintained...
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    near Vicksburg, Mississippi. On 15 July 1862, USS Essex was engaged with CSS Arkansas as that ship successfully ran past the Union fleets in front of...
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  • successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram CSS Tennessee (1863) in Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864. Knocked unconscious into the hold...
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    casting flaws. Tredegar cast thirty-six between 1863 and 1865. Eight survive, two from CSS Tennessee II, one in the Washington Navy Yard and the other...
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    in 1862, CSS Atlanta, USS Atlanta. Navy Heritage Archived April 7, 2010, at the Library of Congress Web Archives, in 1863 the ironclad CSS Savannah Coulter...
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    Blockading Squadron from 1863 to 1865. At the Battle of Mobile Bay, he was the first to ram the Confederate ironclad CSS Tennessee and received high commendation...
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    moving along the Tennessee River, destroying an important railroad bridge and capturing three Confederate gunboats, most notably the CSS Eastport which...
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  • the August 5, 1864, attack, Brooklyn engaged Fort Morgan and the CSS Tennessee (1863). Throughout the two-hour battle, Denig fought "with skill courage"...
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    successful actions against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram CSS Tennessee (1863) in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. When the other members of his guncrew...
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    House, by General Robert E. Lee and concluded with the surrender of the CSS Shenandoah on November 6, 1865, bringing the hostilities of the American...
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    CSS General Earl Van Dorn was a cottonclad warship used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. She was purchased for Confederate...
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    CSS Arkansas was the lead ship of her class of two casemate ironclads built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Completed in...
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    American Civil War she was taken into service by the Confederate Navy as CSS General Sterling Price. On 6 June 1862, she was sunk at the First Battle...
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  • in 1819 CSS Savannah (gunboat), a sidewheel steamer converted to a gunboat in 1861 CSS Savannah (ironclad), an ironclad ram launched in 1863 NS Savannah...
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    by CSS Tennessee blocked their advance. Farragut's lead monitor, Tecumseh, struck a mine and sank in seconds. The Confederate flagship, Tennessee, vainly...
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    successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram CSS Tennessee (1863) in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Stationed in the immediate vicinity...
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    damaged batteries at Fort Morgan and ended with the surrender of CSS Tennessee (1863). He was awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of his conduct...
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