Yesterday, I went to Fort Pulaski for the first time and did an extensive walk around the site, including trips up and down the frightening stairs.
The wedding was held at the Isle of Hope Methodist Church which served as a hospital during the war.
Today we go to Old Fort Jackson which was headquarters for the Confederate naval defense of Savannah during the war and also where they are currently raising what is left of the Confederate ironclad CSS Georgia.
--Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Showing posts with label CSS Georgia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CSS Georgia. Show all posts
Monday, April 27, 2015
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Talking About the CSS Georgia
A recent entry on Craig Swann's To the Sound of Guns blog about Civil War battlefields and markers was about a cannon recovered from the CSS Georgia and the ship itself.
Mike Stroud of Bluffton, SC, went to Fort Jackson outside Savannah, Georgia to take pictures of the CSS Georgia's cannon. The ship was sunk by Confederates right off the fort when Sherman was about to occupy the city.
A 24-pounder Howitzer has been recovered from the Georgia. It likely was mounted over the forward spar deck and used for close quarter action. Mike got lots of close up shots of it.
AN UNEVENTFUL HISTORY
That pretty well describes the history of the CSS Georgia. It was built with money raised by the Ladies Gunboat Association of Savannah and launched in May 1862. The ship was a part of the Savannah River Squadron.
It had the capability of carrying ten cannons: four on each broadside and one fore and one aft. The ship was severely underpowered and essentially served as a floating battery, moored by Fort Jackson. The cause was the use of railroad iron being used instead of rolled iron which caused the vessel to be too heavy.
It was scuttled December 10, 1864.
Also recovered from the ship is a 32-pounder rifled and banded Navy gun. Three other guns are still in the wreck: a 6-pounder cannon, VIII-inch Navy shell gun and another banded 32-pounder.
For some good pictures:
http://markerhunter.wordpress.com/?s=css+georgia
Looking Forward to These Being Recovered. Maybe put one in the CSS Neuse II in Kinston, NC. --Old B-Runner
Mike Stroud of Bluffton, SC, went to Fort Jackson outside Savannah, Georgia to take pictures of the CSS Georgia's cannon. The ship was sunk by Confederates right off the fort when Sherman was about to occupy the city.
A 24-pounder Howitzer has been recovered from the Georgia. It likely was mounted over the forward spar deck and used for close quarter action. Mike got lots of close up shots of it.
AN UNEVENTFUL HISTORY
That pretty well describes the history of the CSS Georgia. It was built with money raised by the Ladies Gunboat Association of Savannah and launched in May 1862. The ship was a part of the Savannah River Squadron.
It had the capability of carrying ten cannons: four on each broadside and one fore and one aft. The ship was severely underpowered and essentially served as a floating battery, moored by Fort Jackson. The cause was the use of railroad iron being used instead of rolled iron which caused the vessel to be too heavy.
It was scuttled December 10, 1864.
Also recovered from the ship is a 32-pounder rifled and banded Navy gun. Three other guns are still in the wreck: a 6-pounder cannon, VIII-inch Navy shell gun and another banded 32-pounder.
For some good pictures:
http://markerhunter.wordpress.com/?s=css+georgia
Looking Forward to These Being Recovered. Maybe put one in the CSS Neuse II in Kinston, NC. --Old B-Runner
Monday, June 16, 2008
CSS Georgia
While researching Fort Jackson by Savannah, the article mentioned that the old Confederate ram/floating batter CSS Georgia had been sunk by it.
Looked it up in Wikipedia and found out it had been permanently moored by Fort Jackson and burned and scuttled December 21, 1864, to prevent capture. It was 250 feet long with a 60 foot beam, mounted 4 to 9 guns, and manned by a crew of 200.
It was also sometimes called the State of Georgia and Ladies Ram (build by funds raised by the women of Savannah. It was built during 1862.
In 1866, it was dynamited to clear the channel. At low tide, it is covered by 11 feet of water and sand is rapidly gathering around it. Since then, the US Corps of Engineers has extensively damaged it while dredging and expanding the channel so that today, only a portion of the forward and aft case mate along with remnants of the engine, boilers, and propeller remain. Several cannons have been recovered from the wreck.
So Much for the Undistinguished Career of the CSS Georgia. --Old B-Runner
Looked it up in Wikipedia and found out it had been permanently moored by Fort Jackson and burned and scuttled December 21, 1864, to prevent capture. It was 250 feet long with a 60 foot beam, mounted 4 to 9 guns, and manned by a crew of 200.
It was also sometimes called the State of Georgia and Ladies Ram (build by funds raised by the women of Savannah. It was built during 1862.
In 1866, it was dynamited to clear the channel. At low tide, it is covered by 11 feet of water and sand is rapidly gathering around it. Since then, the US Corps of Engineers has extensively damaged it while dredging and expanding the channel so that today, only a portion of the forward and aft case mate along with remnants of the engine, boilers, and propeller remain. Several cannons have been recovered from the wreck.
So Much for the Undistinguished Career of the CSS Georgia. --Old B-Runner
Friday, February 15, 2008
Confederate Shell on USS Georgia
The 560 foot long submarine USS Georgia has just completed a billion dollar, two-year overhaul to change it from a ballistic missile sub to a guided missile one. There will be a week's worth of return to duty ceremonies ending March 28th. The Georgia is the only commissioned US ship named for a state that is actually homeported in the same state it is named for.
The very first warship with the name Georgia was a Confederate ironclad and the current USS Georgia carries a shell from the Confederate vessel.
The very first USS Georgia BB-15 was a battleship from 1906-1920 and was part of Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet that sailed around trhe world to show America's coming of age from 1906-1909.
US Ship with a Confederate Shell. How Interesting. --Old B-r'er
The very first warship with the name Georgia was a Confederate ironclad and the current USS Georgia carries a shell from the Confederate vessel.
The very first USS Georgia BB-15 was a battleship from 1906-1920 and was part of Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet that sailed around trhe world to show America's coming of age from 1906-1909.
US Ship with a Confederate Shell. How Interesting. --Old B-r'er
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