C.S. Bayou City

C.S. Bayou City

C.S. Army Gunboat "Bayou City" (1861-1865) was a 165-foot side-wheel steamboat built for commercial use at Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1859. She was chartered in September 1861 for service in the Texas Marine Department.

Military use

The "Bayou City" was clad with pressed cotton for protection, armed with artillery and operated by the State of Texas as a gunboat in the Galveston area. Just over a year after its charter, in October 1862, she was taken over by the Confederate States Army.cite web | title=Confederate Ships - C.S. Army gun boat "Bayou City"| work=Naval Historical Center, Department of the U.S. Navy (13 October 2000), www.history.navy.mil|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-ag/bayou-ct.htm| accessdate=2007-04-10]

The Battle of Galveston

On 1 January 1863, in what would come to be known as the Battle of Galveston, the cotton-clad "Bayou City" and the tugboat "Neptune" were used by Confederate troops in an operation to drive Union warships out of Galveston Bay.

After a brief contest at sea, the USS "Harriet Lane" sank the "Neptune", and one-half of the two-vessel Confederate fleet was lying on the bottom of the harbor.cite web | author=Alwyn Barr|title=Galveston, Battle of| work=The Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Assoc. (June 6, 2001), www.tsha.utexas.edu | url=http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/qeg1.html | accessdate=2007-04-10] As the lone surviving Rebel steamer, the "Bayou City" was outnumbered six-to-one among the armed vessels in the harbor.cite web | title=The Battle of Galveston (1 January 1863)| work=Lone Star Junction (1996), www.lsjunction.com | url=http://www.lsjunction.com/events/galvestn.htm | accessdate=2007-04-10]

However, the "Bayou City" circled around and made a second run on the USS "Harriet Lane". This time, the Confederates hit their target. In short order, the crew of the Bayou City succeeded in storming and overpowering the crew of the "Lane". The men from the "Bayou City" boarded and seized the federal vessel despite the explosion of their own heavy cannon. Ultimately, the attack was a success, with the "Harriet Lane" captured and another Union vessel, the USS "Westfield", destroyed.

Continued service

Following the Battle of Galveston, "Bayou City" served the Confederacy in Texas waters until the conclusion of the American Civil War.

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