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CSS Mars

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Side-wheel Steamer:
  • Built in 1856 as the side-wheel steamer Mars at Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Mars served on the Mississippi River as a Confederate transport
  • Captured at Island No. 10, 7 April 1862
  • Taken into Federal service as a tender to the Mississippi Squadron
  • Final Disposition, Snagged and lost at Cogswell Landing, MO on the Missouri opposite the mouth of Fishing River, 8 July 1865
    Specifications:
    Displacement 329 t.
    Length 180'
    Beam 34'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion steam
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    Yazoo 112k "View of Steamers Sunk by the Rebels Between Island Number Ten and New Madrid"
    Line engraving, based on a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting ships sunk by the Confederates off their fortifications at Island Number 10, circa 7 April 1862. As identified on the engraving, the ships are (from left to right):

    USS Champion,
    CSS Yazoo,
    CSS Grampus,
    CSSJohn Simonds,
    CSS Red Rover,
    CSSPrince,
    CSS Admiral,
    CSS Ohio Belle,
    CSS De Soto,
    CSS Kanawha Valley,
    CSS Winchester and
    CSS Mars. Most of these vessels, some of which were not sunk, were later employed by the Union forces.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59024    		 Tommy Trampp
    CSS Mars
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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