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CSS Pontchartrain
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Sidewheel Steamer:
Built at New Albany, IN, 1859 as the sidewheel steamer Lizzie Simmons
Launched, date unknown
Purchased by the Confederates at New Orleans, LA., 12 October 1861 and converted to a ship-of-war
Renamed Pontchartrain, date unknown
Fitted out for naval service in March 1862
Placed in commission, date unknown, LT. J. W. Dunnington, CSN, in command
Pontchartrain and assigned to the fleet under Flag Officer G. N. Hollins, CSN, for the defense of the Mississippi River and Louisiana coast.
She fought at Island No. 10 and New Madrid, MO., during March and April 1862.
After the evacuation of New Madrid on 7 April she and CSS Maurepas were sent up the White River into Arkansas.
On 17 June 1862 Pontchartrain cooperated with the army in a hard fought battle at St. Charles, AR.
During the battle two of Pontchartrain's 32-pounder rifled guns were transferred to the fort; LT. Dunnington and his men joined the army in its defense and were among the
prisoners taken.
Pontchartrain moved farther up the river and remained inactive until the following summer
Final Disposition, destroyed at Little Rock, AR., Sept 10, 1863 by the U.S. gunboat General Price then burned to prevent capture.
Specifications:
Displacement 454t.
Length 204'
Beam 36'6"
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 10'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament six 32-pdr rifles
Propulsion
steam engine(s)
boiler(s)
two sidewheels
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CSS Pontchartrain
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Last Updated 25 May 2023