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CSS Pamlico

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Campaign Medal
Sidewheel Steamer:
  • Built, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Purchased, 10 July 1861, at New Orleans by CAPT. Rousseau under orders of 10 July 1861
  • Commissioned CSS Pamlico, 2 September, LT. W. G. Dozier, CSN, in command.
  • CSS Pamlico operated in the vicinity of New Orleans, clashing ineffectually with vessels of the Federal blockading squadron on 4 and 7 December 1861, and 25 March and 4 April 1862
  • Final Disposition, burned by her officers on Lake Pontchartrain, LA., when New Orleans fell to the Union.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 218t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament 2 guns
    Propulsion
    steam engine(s)
    two boiler(s)
    two sidewheels
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