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equipped the two
cottonclads with
weapons and officers,
appointing Capt. Leon
Smith to
utilize these ships in
seizing the wharf. The
cottonclads attacked from...
- it
caught the public's attention, and the
boats came to be
called "
cottonclads".
Later in the war, ships'
crews were
often protected from small-arms...
-
positioned at Snyder's
Bluff and
along the
Sunflower River, and some
cottonclad gunboats were
shifted southwards in
response to the threat.
Ferguson also...
-
United States Navy: USS Sumter (1862), the
former CSS
General Sumter, a
cottonclad ram
captured in 1862 USS Sumter (APA-52) (previously AP-97), an attack...
- than a
frigate and
capable of
transoceanic duty.
cotchel A
partial load.
cottonclad A steam-powered
wooden warship protected from
enemy fire by
bales of cotton...
-
paddle steamer Wren, side-wheel
steamer Used for
river defense, CS Army
cottonclads were
typically more
lightly armored and
reinforced than a
regular ironclad...
- 1862) is
sometimes called the
First Battle of Galveston. Two
Confederate cottonclads, CS Bayou City and the CS Neptune
commanded by Leon Smith,
sailed from...
- CSS
Stonewall Jackson was a
cottonclad sidewheel ram of the
Confederate Navy
during the
American Civil War.
Stonewall Jackson was
selected in
January 1862...
- 0016. S2CID 234772175. Palucka, Tim (2017). "Timberclads, Tinclads, and
Cottonclads in the US
Civil War". MRS Bulletin. 42 (1): 73. Bibcode:2017MRSBu..42...
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discussions with
Magruder who was not
willing to
relinquish controls of the
cottonclads,
Barney conceded the appointment, and in a
letter to
Confederate naval...
