Stephen Clegg Rowan
Videos
Stephen Clegg Rowan was a vice admiral in the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
Stephen C. Rowan in 1862
CSS David
Videos
CSS David was an American Civil War-era torpedo boat. On October 5, 1863, she undertook a partially successful attack on USS New Ironsides which was participating in the blockade of Charleston, South
Stephen Clegg Rowan
…South Carolina and the following August assumed command of Federal forces in the North Carolina sounds. During this time the rebel semi-submersible CSS David attacked the New Ironsides with a spar torpedo. In the ensuing explosion, one man was killed and a large hole was torn into the ironclad but she continued…
Pen-and ink drawing of CSS David, showing external and internal plan
Torpedo Boat David at Charleston Dock, Oct. 25, 1863 by Conrad Wise Chapman
Photograph of a captured David-class torpedo boat (possibly CSS David herself), taken after the fall of Charleston in 1865
The wreck of CSS David