Calhoun, a 508-ton side-wheel steamship, was built in 1851 at New York City. In May 1861 she became a Confederate privateer and later served as a Confederate Navy gunboat. Captured by Federal forces on 23 January 1862, she was soon commissioned as USS Calhoun, operating in the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico area until May 1864. She was transferred to the U.S. Army the next month and spent the rest of the Civil War as the Army steamer General Sedgewick. Sold by the Government in 1865, she returned to civilian employment under the name Calhoun. The old steamship's diverse career finally ended in 1883, when she was broken up.
This page features, and provides links to, our only views of the steamship Calhoun, built in 1851.
For views of Calhoun as a U.S. Navy ship during the
Civil War, see:
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For views of Calhoun as a U.S. Navy ship during the
Civil War, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 17 November 2001