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CSS General Rusk

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sidewheel Steamer:

Build in 1857 as the merchantman SS General Rusk at Wilmington, DE. for the Southern Steamship Co,

Seized by the State of Texas, at Galveston in 1861

Assigned to duty as reconnaissance and signal boat for the Texas Marine Department [See Annex III] in and about the waters of Galveston Harbor during the latter half of 1861

Captured SS Star of the West, 17 April 1861, off Indianola, TX.

Transferred from the Texas Marine Department in 1861 or 1862 and placed under the British flag for service as a blockade runner, renamed SS Blanche

Run aground near Marianao, Cuba in 1862 while attempting to escape from USS Montgomery

Final Disposition, destroyed by fire after attempts to refloat the ship failed

Specifications:
Displacement 750 t.
Length 200'
Beam 31'
Depth of Hold 12'
Draft 5' 7"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	77k	Namesake Thomas Jefferson Rusk (December 5, 1803 – July 29, 1857) was an early political and military leader of the Republic of Texas, serving as its first Secretary of War as well as a general at the Battle of San Jacinto. He was later a US politician and served as a Senator from Texas from 1846 until his suicide. He served as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1857.		Tommy Trampp

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