CSS Mississippi
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CSS Mississippi was a projected ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy, intended to be used on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of New Orleans during the American Civil War. Her design w
Burning of the Confederate gunboats, rams etc. at New Orleans and Algiers on the approach of the Federal Fleet
CSS Louisiana
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CSS Louisiana was a casemate ironclad of the Confederate States Navy built to aid in defending the lower Mississippi River from invasion by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She took part
CSS Mississippi
…to be hastily launched and burned. Despite the delays in construction that left her unfinished and untried, her mere existence, together with that of CSS Louisiana, raised thwarted hopes in the defenders of New Orleans, and unfounded fears in Union circles, that affected the strategy of both sides in the campaign…
CSS Louisiana on the way to Fort St. Philip
The Louisiana explodes