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Photo # NH 73908: CSS Nansemond, pencil sketch by Lt. Walter R. Butt, CSN, 1865

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-- SHIPS of the CONFEDERATE STATES --

CSS Nansemond (1862-1865)

CSS Nansemond, a 166-ton twin-screw gunboat, was built at Norfolk, Virginia. Commissioned shortly before Norfolk fell to Federal forces in May 1862, she spent the remainder of the Civil War on the James River. In June-October 1864, Nansemond took part in engagements at Trent's Reach, Dutch Gap and Fort Harrison. She was burned 3 April 1865, at the time the Confederate Government evacuated Richmond.

This page features our only view of the Confederate gunboat Nansemond.


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Photo #: NH 73908

CSS Nansemond (1862-1865)


Pencil sketch by Lieutenant Walter R. Butt, C.S. Navy, 1865.
It depicts Nansemond off Chaffins Bluff, on the James River, Virginia, 22 March 1865.

Courtesy of Marshall W. Butt, Director, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1971.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 177KB; 740 x 615 pixels

 


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Page made 19 April 2000
Coding updated 5 May 2001