John Simonds, a 1024-ton side-wheel river steamer, was built at Freedom, Pennsylvania, in 1852. The Confederate Army used her as a support ship on the Mississippi River, where she was sunk off the fortress at Island Number Ten on 7 April 1862.
This page features our only view of CSS John Simonds.
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Page made 18 December 1999
Coding updated 5 May 2001