Covington was a 126-foot-long side wheel steamer purchased by the U.S. government in February 1863 from Samuel Wiggins in Cincinnati, Ohio for use as a simple gunboat. Covington was equipped with powerful rifled guns to intercept Confederate blockade runners. On April 27, 1864, while protecting army transports near Alexandria, Louisiana, the Covington was heavily damaged by ...
USS Essex was an ironclad river gunboat that was converted in stages from the steam ferry New Era. Originally constructed at New Albany, Indiana, in 1856, the ship was purchased by the United States Army in September 1861 for its Western Gunboat Flotilla. Modified into a 355-ton “timberclad” gunboat, USS Essex was heavily damaged by enemy ...
Built in Cincinnati, Ohio, by Joseph Brown in 1862 and commissioned in January 1863, the USS Indianola was an ironclad river gunboat propelled by both side wheels and screw propellers. Indianola enjoyed a brief career with the Union Navy. On the evening of February 24, 1863, while attempting to blockade the Red River, Indianola was engaged ...
Built in 1848 at St. Louis, Missouri, as the side wheel steamer Aleck Scott, the ship was purchased on May 18, 1862 by the War Department and named the Fort Henry. Converted to an ironclad ram and renamed USS Lafayette on September 8, 1862, Lafayette was assigned to Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter’s Mississippi Squadron in ...
The Linden was a wooden side wheel steamer built in 1860 at Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, purchased by the navy on November 20, 1862, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and commissioned on January 3, 1863, at Cairo, Illinois. Throughout the spring of 1863, the Linden was involved in supporting operations against Vicksburg, Mississippi, including escorting transports and bombarding Confederate ...
The USS Louisville was a City Class ironclad gunboat built by James B. Eads in 1861 in St. Louis, Missouri; commissioned on January 16, 1862, the Louisville was assigned to the Mississippi River Squadron under the command of Commander Benjamin H. Dove. During the remainder of 1862, the Louisville assisted in the capture of Fort Donelson, ...
The USS Neosho, named after the Neosho River that ran through Kansas and Oklahoma, was an ironclad river monitor built by James B. Eads at the Union Iron Works, Carondelet, Missouri, and commissioned on May 13, 1863. It was one of the “Turtleback design” ironclads, measuring 180 feet long and weighing 523 tons with a draft ...
The USS Pittsburg was a City Class ironclad gunboat constructed in 1861 by James B. Eads. Commissioned in January 1862 and assigned to the Western Gunboat Flotilla, Pittsburg participated in the attack on Fort Donelson on February 14, 1862 and was damaged by fire from the fort’s batteries. After repairs, she was involved in the attacks ...
The USS Red Rover was a side wheel steamer built in 1859 at Cape Girardeau, Missouri; purchased by the Confederacy on November 7, 1861, and put to use as a barracks ship for the floating battery at New Orleans, Louisiana, she served at Island No. 10 until she was captured there by the Union gunboat ...
The USS St. Clair was a wooden stern-wheel river steamer built in 1862 at Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania; she was purchased by the Navy on August 13, 1862, from R. D. Cochran at St. Louis, Missouri, and commissioned on September 24, 1862, at Carondelet, Missouri. Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron, St. Clair was tasked with supporting the ...
The USS St. Louis was a City Class ironclad stern-wheel casemate gunboat built by James B. Eads in 1861 at St. Louis, Missouri; commissioned on January 31, 1862, St. Louis, under the command of Lieutenant L. Paulding, was assigned to the Western Gunboat Fleet. St. Louis served as the flagship for the gunboat squadron when it ...
Clement Neeley Vann, lieutenant colonel, 1st Regiment Cherokee Mounted Volunteers, served under the command of General Stand Watie. Vann was 24 years old when he enlisted as a private at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation; his regiment was mustered into Confederate service on November 5, 1861. He participated in a number of engagements, including the ...
Harrison VanSlyke (alias Samuel H. VanSlyck) enlisted on August 17, 1862, and was mustered into Company I, 11th Kansas Infantry, on September 15, 1862. The 11th Kansas Cavalry was reorganized as the 11th Kansas Infantry in April 1863, at Kansas City, Kansas; they were involved in the pursuit of General Sterling Price on his ...
Joseph Wadhams enlisted on November 2, 1861, and was mustered into Company G, 8th Kansas Infantry as a private. He was promoted to sergeant on January 1, 1864, and to first sergeant on September 6, 1864. Company G of the 8th Kansas Infantry was organized in October 1861, at Lawrence, Kansas; after service at Fort ...
