CSS Teaser — had been the aging Georgetown, D.C. tugboat York River until the beginning of the American Civil War, when she was taken into the Confederate States Navy. Later, she was captured by the United States Navy and became USS Teaser .CSS Teaser Teaser… … Wikipedia
CSS Jamestown — originally a passenger steamer, was built at New York City in 1853, and seized at Richmond, Virginia in 1861 for the Commonwealth of Virginia Navy. She was commissioned by the Confederate States Navy the following July, and renamed CSS Thomas Je … Wikipedia
CSS Richmond — an ironclad ram, was built at Gosport (Norfolk) Navy Yard to the design of John L. Porter with money and scrap iron collected by the citizens of Virginia, whose imagination had been captured by the ironclad CSS Virginia . Consequently she was so … Wikipedia
CSS Tacony — was originally a bark captured by the Confederate cruiser CSS Clarence during the American Civil War and converted into a Confederate cruiser for commerce raiding.The CSS Clarence , commanded by Lt. Charles W. Read, captured the Tacony on June 12 … Wikipedia
CSS Patrick Henry — was built in New York City in 1853 by the renowned William H. Webb for the Old Dominion Steam Ship Line as the civilian steamer Yorktown , a brigantine rigged side wheel steamer. She carried passengers and freight between Richmond, Virginia and… … Wikipedia
William A. Webb — Infobox Military Person name= William A. Webb lived= placeofbirth= Virginia placeofdeath= caption=William A. Webb nickname= allegiance= United States until 1861 Confederate States of America 1861 1865 serviceyears=USN 1838 1861 CSN 1861 1865 rank … Wikipedia
Charles Read (naval officer) — For other people named Charles Read, see Charles Read (disambiguation). Charles William Read Nickname Savvy or Savez Born May 12, 1840 Mississippi Died January 25, 1890 (aged 49–50) … Wikipedia
USS Queen of the West (1854) — USS Queen of the West , a sidewheel steamer built at Cincinnati, Ohio in 1854, was purchased by the United States Department of War in 1862 and fitted out as a ram for Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr. s Ram Fleet which operated on the Mississippi River … Wikipedia
USS Quaker City (1854) — was a heavy 1,428 ton side wheel steamship leased by the Union Navy at the start of the American Civil War. She was subsequently purchased by the Navy, outfitted with a powerful 20 pounder long rifle, and assigned to help enforce the Union… … Wikipedia
USS Indianola (1862) — USS Indianola , an ironclad river monitor propelled by both side wheels and screw propellers, was built in Cincinnati, Ohio by Joseph Brown. The danger that Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, whose troops had reached Covington, Kentucky,… … Wikipedia
