USS New Orleans — Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS New Orleans , after the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. One other ship that was never completed would have borne the name.* What would have been the first New Orleans was never launched … Wikipedia
New Orleans in the American Civil War — Panoramic View of New Orleans Federal Fleet at Anchor in the River, ca. 1862. New Orleans, in Louisiana, was the largest city in the Southern States during the American Civil War. It provided thousands of troops for the Confederate States Army,… … Wikipedia
CSS Mississippi — was a projected ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy, intended to be used on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of New Orleans during the American Civil War. Her design was unusual, as she was built according to house building… … Wikipedia
CSS Selma (1856) — CSS Selma was a steamship in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Selma was a coastwise packet built at Mobile, Alabama for the Mobile Mail Line in 1856. Little doubt now remains that she was originally named Florida . As… … Wikipedia
CSS Industries — CSS Industries, Inc. Type Public (NYSE: CSS) Industry Printing Founded 1923 (as City Stores Company) Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania … Wikipedia
CSS Tennessee (1863) — CSS Tennessee , a slow moving ironclad ram, was built at Selma, Alabama, where she was commissioned on February 16, 1864, Lieutenant James D. Johnston, CSN, in command. warship|CSS|Baltic towed her to Mobile where she fitted out for action.… … Wikipedia
CSS Louisiana — was an ironclad ship of the Confederate States Navy built to aid in defending the lower Mississippi River from invasion by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She took part in one major action of the war, the Battle of Forts Jackson and … Wikipedia
CSS Oregon — a wooden steam gunboat was the only ship of the Confederate States Navy to be named for the 33rd state. A wooden steamer similar to California , she was built at New York City in 1846 for the Mobile Mail Line, 60 percent owned at the end of Apri … Wikipedia
CSS Sumter — a 473 ton bark rigged screw steam cruiser, was built as the merchant steamship Habana at Philadelphia in 1859 for McConnell s New Orleans Havana Line. Purchased by the Confederate Government at New Orleans in April 1861, she was converted to a c … Wikipedia
CSS Manassas — formerly the steam icebreaker Enoch Train , was built at Medford, Massachusetts, by J. O. Curtis in 1855. A New Orleans commission merchant, Captain John A. Stevenson, acquired her for use as a privateer and fitted her out at Algiers, Louisiana … Wikipedia
