USS General Grant (1863)

USS General Grant (1863)

USS "General Grant" (1863) was a Steamship chartered from the U.S. War Department by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a gunboat in waterways of the Confederate South.

Constructed in Pennsylvania in 1863

"General Grant" was built in 1863 at Monongahela, Pennsylvania; purchased by the War Department; chartered by the Navy and commissioned at Bridgeport, Alabama, July 20, 1864, Acting Ens. Joseph Watson in command.

Patrolling the Tennessee River

General Grant constantly patrolled the upper Tennessee River from Bridgeport until close of the Civil War, fighting guerrillas and aiding the Union Army in clearing Confederate troops from the region.

River operations under fire

In October 1864 she destroyed 22 small boats off Port Deposit and Crow Island. On November 25 she assisted in taking up pontoon bridges under guns of Confederate sharpshooters at Decatur, Alabama. She hurled 52 shells into that town December 12, 1864 and joined "General Thomas" January 15, 1865 in the destructive bombardment of Guntersville, Alabama.

Post-war decommissioning, sale, and subsequent career

She decommissioned and was returned to the War Department June 2, 1865. She was lost when stranded in ice March 18, 1866 at Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

References

See also

* United States Navy
* American Civil War

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g3/general_grant.htm USS General Grant]


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