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with workmen still aboard. There she was tied to the left bank (near, the north side of the river) a short distance above Fort St. Philip. This did not completely mollify General Duncan, who wanted the ship to be positioned below the forts, but Commander Whittle would not risk his vessel, with its unarmored deck, against the plunging fire of the Union mortars. She remained at this position throughout the ensuing battle.
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efforts to bring in needed light oak from Florida, forcing the builders to find alternative sources. Labor troubles led to a strike that lost about a week. Even more time was lost to demands of the local militia, which called out the workers for drills, including parades. Competition for skilled workmen with the builders of
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could use neither her stern guns nor those on her port side. The magnitude of her contribution to the ensuing firefight between the forts and the Federal fleet is not known; General Duncan stated that she may have fired as few as 12 shots. On the other hand, testimony from her enemies indicates that
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In assessing the battle-readiness of the ship, the engines are not alone in deserving attention. Many of her gun carriages were found to be either too high or too low, and had to be modified. Because the workmen and their tools occupied much of the gun deck, the gun crews were unable to practice. In
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had been installed, but those for the screws, needed for steering, had not. Furthermore, the main engines were found to be inadequate; even at dangerously high boiler pressure, she could barely make headway against the river current. Unable to move on her own, she had to be towed down to the forts,
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Construction was delayed by several circumstances. First was the lack of materials, particularly iron. Always in short supply in the Confederacy, its procurement was made even more difficult by the blockade and by Army demands on the overstrained railroads of the South. The blockade also negated
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were not consulted at any time during the negotiations between Porter and General Duncan, so they considered themselves not bound to respect the truce declared by the two sides. While discussions of terms were going on, they decided not to let their ship fall into enemy hands.
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was set afire, and her crew went ashore. The flames soon parted the lines that held her to the bank, and she drifted down the river. When she was nearly abreast of Fort St. Philip, the fire reached her magazine, and she blew up with a blast that killed a soldier there.
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the other in a center well. The screws were not intended for propulsion, but were to aid the two rudders in steering in the confined waters and unpredictable currents of the Mississippi. The engines were taken from steamer
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After nearly a week of mortar bombardment, Farragut concluded that it was ineffective, so he moved his fleet past the forts on the night of 24 April. Because of her position on the river bank,
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had no further part in the action. Her fate was henceforth tied to that of the forts, which prepared for an expected attack by the Union army accompanying the fleet, led by Major General
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3. The gun ports were too small to allow either elevation or traverse. Consequently, she would have to fight at close range, and furthermore her guns covered only 40 degrees of azimuth.
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went all the way through the Federal vessel, while the return broadside bounced harmlessly off the Rebel's armor. Indeed, the armor was effective; only three men were killed on
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extended her full length, less 25 feet at each end. It was covered by T-rail iron in two courses, while its top was encompassed by sheet iron bulwarks nearly four feet high.
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1. The arrangement of the paddlewheels meant that the after wheel was always in the wash of the other, with the result that its power was wasted.
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addition, the crew was incomplete, as a result of the hasty commissioning; to handle the guns, soldiers had to be transferred from the forts.
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was halted for some other reason. She was not ready to launch until 6 February 1862, nearly four months after the keel was laid.
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He took the ship only under positive orders from Richmond, and against his better judgment. Scharf,
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lays at the bottom of the Mississippi River. In November 1981, it was magnetically located by
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was launched, the Federal West Gulf Blockading Squadron, under Flag Officer (later Admiral)
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4. The gun deck was uninhabitable in summer, particularly when the boilers were in use.
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Set afire by her crew to avoid capture; drifted down Mississippi River, exploded near
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all of them in exposed positions. One of them was her captain, Commander McIntosh.
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was laid down in mid-October 1861 by E.C. Murray in a new shipyard just north of
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Series I, 27 vols.; Series II, 3 vols. Government Printing Office, 1894 - 1922.
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2. The wash also created an eddy at the rudders, making it impossible to steer.
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had moved into the lower Mississippi River, threatening the Confederate-held
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any one of which would have seriously compromised her fighting ability.
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she exchanged shots with at least one attacking ship,
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Index

Louisiana (disambiguation)

Fort St. Philip
Brooke
Dahlgren
casemate ironclad
Confederate States Navy
Mississippi River
Union
Navy
American Civil War
Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip
New Orleans
abaft
casemate
CSS Mississippi

David Farragut
Forts Jackson and St. Philip
New Orleans
Commander
Admiral
David Dixon Porter
Johnson K. Duncan
Mansfield Lovell
William C. Whittle
Charles F. McIntosh
USS Brooklyn
USS Hartford

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