CSS Jackson

CSS Jackson

The CSS "Jackson" was a river tugboat converted to a gunboat by the Confederate States Navy at the beginning of the American Civil War. Originally named "Yankee", the tug had been built in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1849. "Yankee" was purchased for the Confederate States Navy in New Orleans, Louisiana in May, 1861. As CSS "Jackson", the boat participated in engagements with Union gunboats at Hickman, Kentucky, and Lucas Bend, Missouri in September, 1861. In October, 1861 "Jackson" participated in an attack on Union blockaders at Head of Passes near the entrance to the Mississippi River, helping to drive them away. CSS "Jackson" then joined the defense of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip on the Mississippi below New Orleans. When the Union Navy forced its way past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, CSS "Jackson" returned to New Orleans, where she was destroyed by the Confederates before Union forces captured New Orleans.

References

* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/csn/j.txt The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Online - Confederate States Navy] - retrieved July 28, 2006


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