CSS ARKANSAS: THE YAZOO CITY IRONCLAD
WEBAug 26, 2021 · 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.
CSS Arkansas - Wikipedia
WEBCSS 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 1862, she saw combat in the Western Theater when she steamed through a United States Navy fleet at Vicksburg in July.
Down the Yazoo with the Ironclad CSS Arkansas
WEBJul 20, 2017 · Coming within months of the famous first contest between ironclads CSS Virginia and USS Monitor, many Northerners feared and Southerners celebrated the new river ironclad as a potential super-weapon—a sort of “ram fever.” Farragut and Davis suspected Arkansas would appear soon.
CSS Arkansas Civil War Confederate Naval Ship
WEBCSS Arkansas , an ironclad ram, was built at Memphis, Tennessee, in 1861-62. Incomplete when Union forces closed in on Memphis in May 1862, she was towed up the Yazoo River to Yazoo City, Mississippi, and finished as far as circumstances allowed.
CSS - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
WEBJul 10, 2024 · CSS. Arkansas. During the Civil War, the Confederate navy’s ironclad vessel bearing the state’s name was the ram CSS Arkansas. It was in use only twenty-three days, yet earned the rage of the Union and the respect of the Confederacy. The Confederate navy’s task to defend rivers from its better-equipped adversary’s attacks and blockades ...
Into the Volcano with the Ironclad CSS Arkansas
WEBAug 27, 2017 · Destruction of CSS Arkansas General Earl Van Dorn, commanding Confederate forces in the city, regarded Arkansas as a super weapon. Her repairs were incomplete, her officers not fully recovered, most of the crew untrained.
Arkansas (Ironclad Ram) - NHHC
WEB1861–1862. Caption: CSS Arkansas (Ironclad Ram) running the Union Fleet at Vicksburg, Miss., 15 July 1862. (Iron-clad Ram: length 165 feet; beam 35 feet; draft 11 feet 6 inches; speed 8 knots;...
CSS Arkansas - Mississippi Encyclopedia
WEBThe Arkansas was the only Confederate ironclad to see service in Mississippi waters during the Civil War. The vessel was one of two identical ironclads laid down in Memphis, Tennessee, by contractor John T. Shirley in October 1861. Though Shirley was to deliver both ships by 24 December, they remained incomplete when Union forces threatened […]
C.S.S. Arkansas | Visit Yazoo County, Mississippi
WEBC.S.S. Arkansas. West Broadway Yazoo City, Mississippi. Launched on July 14, 1862 from the Navy Yard in Yazoo City, the ironclad ram “Arkansas” commanded by Lt. Isaac N. Brown successfully engaged the combined Union fleets on the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers.
Research Guides: Battle of Baton Rouge: The Arkansas
WEBMay 13, 2024 · The Essex ran past the Arkansas to a part of the river where there is a reach of some length, and opened on her formidable antagonist at five hundred yards with three guns loaded with solid shot.
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