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Georgia

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Ironclad Floating Battery:
  • Built in 1862-63 at Savannah, GA
  • Placed under the command of LT. W. Gwathmey, CSN
  • Georgia was employed in defending the river channels below Savannah
  • Final Disposition lacking effective locomotive power the Confederates burned and destroyed her during the evacuation of Savannah on 21 December 1864
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 250'
    Beam 60'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement 200
    Armament four 9" guns
    Propulsion none
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    Georgia 75k Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863, depicting the Georgia, the ironclad floating battery that served in the defenses of Savannah GA.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 58721    		 Tommy Trampp
    Georgia
    098647202    		 62k The Confederate Ironclad Ram Georgia line engraving published in The Soldier in Our Civil War, Volume II, page 31, depicting Georgia, as an ironclad floating battery that served in the defenses of Savannah, GA. Despite the caption included in the original image, this vessel was not a ram.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 58722    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Georgia
    098647304    		 62k Georgia on the Savannah River.
    Illustration from "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", February 21, 1863.    		 Robert Hurst
    Georgia 117k Divers watch as a section of Georgia is successfully lifted from the harbor floor at Savannah on 12 November 2013.
    Photo from the US Naval History and Heritage Command Archaeology Branch    		 Tommy Trampp
    Georgia
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    CSS Georgia (battery) - Wikimeda Commons
    'Seeing eye dogs' help Navy divers recover Civil War vessel in murky river
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