Still following the Confederate industries at Selma, Alabama. The CSS Tennessee was built there.
Only two crew members were killed during its fight with the Union Fleet at the Battle of Mobile Bay. After its capture, it was commissioned into the US Navy as the USS Tennessee and it participated in the attack on Fort Morgan on August 23, 1864.
That autumn, it went to New Orleans for repairs and served in the Mississippi Squadron until the end of the war.
On August 19, 1865, it was placed out of commission and laid up in New Orleans before being sold at auction Nov. 27, 1867 and later scrapped.
A 7 inch Brooke Rifle was preserved and kept on display at the Washington Naval Yard. I think this is probably the one in Selma.
Old Blockade-Runner
