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CSS Richmond

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Richmond class Ironclad Ram:

Built in 1862 at Gosport (Norfolk) Navy Yard

Launched, 6 May 1862

Completed in Richmond in July 1862

Commissioned CSS Richmond in July 1862, CDR. Robert Baker Pegram, CSN in command

Richmond, under LT. William H. Parker, CSN, took part in engagements at Dutch Gap, 13 August; Fort Harrison, 29 September-1 October; Chapin's Bluff, 22 October 1864 and 23-24 January 1865, at Trents' Reach

Destroyed by order of RADM Raphael Semmes, CSN to prevent capture by Federal forces when the Confederate capital was evacuated, 3 April 1865

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 172' 6"
Beam 34'
Depth of Hold 14'
Draft 12'
Speed 5 kts
Complement 150

Armament

four rifled guns, two on each side

two shell guns, on each side

one spar torpedo

Propulsion steam

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
80k	Wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1900, depicting CSS Richmond underway on the James River, VA., during the Civil War. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 75620 Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.	Bill Gonyo
60k	"The New Rebel Iron-clad 'Richmond', or Virginia No. 2' -- From Sketches found on Board the 'Teaser'." Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, based on sketches obtained when CSS Teaser was captured on the James River, Virginia, 4 July 1862. It depicts CSS Richmond, which was then completing at Richmond, VA. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 58746	Bill Gonyo
57k	Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting CSS Richmond as seen from off the bow, in plan view on the gun deck and in section through the hull. All of these depictions, which are based on sketches captured in July 1862, are rather inaccurate. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 58745	Bill Gonyo
124k	"The Rebel Iron-Clad Fleet Forcing the Obstructions in James River", 23 January 1865 Line engraving, based on a sketch by A.R. Waud, published in "Harper's Weekly", 11 February 1865, page 81. It depicts the Confederate ironclads CSS Virginia II, CSS Richmond and CSS Fredericksburg attempting to run past the obstructions at Trent's Reach to attack Federal positions along the James River. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59187	Bill Gonyo

CSS Richmond
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Pegram, Robert B.	November 1862 - May 1864
02	CDR. Parker, William Harwar	May 1864 - June 1864
03	LT. Maury, John S.	July 1864 - 26 October 1864
04	CDR. Webb, William Augustin, CSN	October 1864 - November 1864
05	CDR. Kell, John McIntosh, CSN	30 December 1864 - February 1865
06	LT. Dalton, Hamilton Henderson	February 1865 - 1865
07	Passed Midshipman Peters, J.A.	February 1865 - ?


Courtesy Robert Hurst

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