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Photo # NH 58721: Engraving of the Confederate ironclad floating battery Georgia

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the CONFEDERATE STATES --

CSS Georgia (Ironclad Floating Battery, 1862-1864)

CSS Georgia, a 250-foot long ironclad floating battery, was built at Savannah, Georgia, in 1862. She was used to protect the river approaches to Savannah during 1863-1864. On 21 December 1864, Georgia was destroyed to prevent capture when Union land forces threatened to take the city.

This page features our only views of the Confederate ironclad floating battery Georgia.


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Photo #: NH 58721

"The Rebel Iron-clad 'Georgia'"


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863, depicting the CSS Georgia, an ironclad floating battery that served in the defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 355 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 58722

"The Confederate Ironclad Ram 'Georgia'"


Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume II, page 31, depicting CSS Georgia, an ironclad floating battery that served in the defenses of Savannah, Georgia. Despite the caption included in the original image, this vessel was not a ram.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 375 pixels

 


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Page made 23 May 2000
Coding updated 5 May 2001