USS Cayuga (1861)
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The first USS Cayuga was a Unadilla-class gunboat in the United States Navy.
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Cayuga at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip
The battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip was the decisive battle for possession of New Orleans in the American Civil War. The two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River south of the city were at
USS Cayuga (1861)
…J. T. Davis (10 August 1863), and schooner Wave (22 August 1863). In addition, she shared in the capture of sloop Active (21 June 1863). Cayuga at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip Cayuga also joined in the engagement with Forts Jackson and St. Philip below New Orleans, Louisiana in April 1862, which led to the fall of the city…
Attack of the Union fleet, April 24, 1862; Fort Jackson at left and Fort St. Philip is shown at right
One of the "bummers", as they were known in the Union Navy. Mortar Schooner of Porter's Bombardment fleet, New Orleans, 1862. A crewman between the masts is leaning on the muzzle of the 13-inch (330 mm) seacoast mortar.(Peabody Museum of Salem)
An 1817 plan for the fort that would become Fort Jackson in support of Fort St. Philip
Main deck of Union Navy mortar schooner showing mounting of 13-inch (330 mm) seacoast mortar and crew. (U.S. Army Military History Institute.)