CSS Muscogee
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CSS Muscogee was an casemate ironclad built in Columbus, Georgia for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Her original paddle configuration was judged a failure when she could no
The incomplete CSS Jackson on the Chattahoochee River, shortly after December 22, 1864
The hull of Jackson after recovery
CSS Jackson's propeller at the National Civil War Naval Museum
Battle of Columbus (1865)
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The Battle of Columbus, also known as the Battle of Girard, was fought on April 16, 1865, in Columbus, Georgia and Russell County, Alabama, during the American Civil War. It was part of the Union camp
CSS Muscogee
…shortage of iron plate greatly hindered the ironclad's completion. On April 17, 1865, after the Union's Wilson's Raiders captured the city during the Battle of Columbus, Georgia, Jackson was set ablaze by Union troops while still fitting out and had her moorings cut. The ship drifted downriver some 30 miles (48 km) and ran…
Sketch of Columbus, Ga., and its Defenses
The route the United States Cavalry under Wilson took on the raid that passed through Columbus, Georgia.
Bvt. Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA
Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, CSA