While doing my research on US Navy monitors, I came across the mention that it is believed that part of the USS Milwaukee double-turreted monitor was melted into iron for the famous Eads Bridge spanning the Mississippi River between East St. Louis and St. Louis.
Further research revealed that James Eads designed and built the USS Milwaukee in St. Louis, and that it was sunk near the end of the war near Fort Blakely in Mobile Bay after striking a mine.
Two years after the war, it was raised and towed to St. Louis where it was salvaged and parts melted down, just about the time James Eads was building that bridge.
I should mention that I am trying to connect the Civil War to our current trip on Route 66. And... Route 66 goes through St. Louis.
Makes Sense to Me That he World Have Used Some of His Creation to Make Another creation. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
