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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
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
Confederate Gunboats on the Tennessee River | Naval War - At Sea . . . 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
Info on the Tennessee (I) and the Eastport - civilwartalk. com 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
10 10, October 10th In Civil War History | On This Day October 10, 1864 - Action at Eastport, MS, where Maj Gen Nathan B Forrest, CSA, repels a Federal attack aboard the Union transports, Aurora, City of Pekin, Key West, Krenton, and the Undine, disabling a few of the transports before they could even land troops
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
Foundrys and other commercial assets at Memphis and Vicksburg The iron plate intended for the Arkansas was delivered instead to Cerro Gordo, Tennessee, the construction site of CSS Eastport Consequently, Shirley obtained T-rails to armor Arkansas from railroad rails in Memphis and across the river in Arkansas Bolts were fabricated at the Cumberland Iron Works; yet, they were used by other ships William N