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George Page

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sidewheel Steamer:

Built as an US Army transport in 1853 at Washington D.C. and assigned to the Quartermaster's Department

Captured by Confederate forces near Aquia Creek, VA., in May 1861

Acquired by the Confederate Navy, placed in service as George Page, date unknown, LT. Charles Carroll Simms CSN in charge

George Page was fitted out for river defense service on the Potomac River

Renamed City of Richmond, date unknown

Final Disposition, destroyed by her crew upon abandonment of the Evansport Batteries, 9 March 1862

Specifications:
Displacement 410 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament two guns
Propulsion steam, two sidewheels

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	168k	"The Rebel Steamer 'Page', now lying at Aquia Creek" Engraving, after a sketch by LT. Osbon, published in "Harper's Weekly" depicts the Confederate steamer *George Page* underway at Aquia Creek before Confederate forces abandoned the Evansport Batteries. US Navy History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59591.		US Naval History and Heritage Command
	159k	"The Confederate Batteries on the Lower Potomac, Virginia Shore, Opposite Budd's Ferry -- Government Store Schooners Running the Blockade" Hand colored engraving, "from a sketch by our Special Artist", published in the "Illustrated London News Supplement", 1861 depicting Confederate batteries near Quantico, Virginia, firing on U.S. Government supply vessels (a schooner to the left and a sloop in the right center), in mid-1861. The steamer *George Page, captured by the Confederates from the U.S. Army in May 1861, is partially visible in the right background, along with the schooner Fairfax. Image courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. US Navy History and Heritage Command photo # NH 73988*.		US Naval History and Heritage Command

George Page
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