A Short History of the CSS Neuse.
1861-1864-- constructed
March 1865-- participated in the Battle of Southwest Creek
March 1865-- sunk by crew to prevent capture
1963-- hull recovered from the Neuse River. My grandfather took me over to see it.
2002-- local efforts for a CSS Neuse II begin
2005-- construction completed
2008-- I got to see the outside of it
2010-- a new president of the foundation begins a capitalization campaign
The article mentioned that the CSS Neuse is the only replica of a Civil War ironclad in existence, but the Mariner's Museum in Norfolk, Virginia has a replica of the USS Monitor. I think it is too bad that the US government made no effort to keep any of the old ironclads. Some of the monitors were still afloat into the early 1900s.
Quite an Impressive Sight. --Old B-R'er
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