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CSS Black Warrior

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Schooner:
  • Laid down as the two masted wooden-hulled schooner M. C. Etheridge in 1859 at Plymouth, N.C., for J. Brown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned CSS Black Warrior in February 1862, Acting Master F. M. Harris, CSN
  • Black Warrior was pressed into service by the Confederates to assist in the defense of Roanoke Island on 7-8 February 1862 and Elizabeth City, N.C., 2 days later
  • Final Disposition, set on fire 10 February prevent capture by Union forces while her crew escaped through the marshes of the Pasquotank River
    Specifications:
    Displacement 144 t.
    Length 92'
    Beam 24'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft 7'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament two 32-pdr smoothbores
    Propulsion sail
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    Black Warrior 16k Archaeological line drawing of the CSS Black Warrior ship wreck.
    Courtesy of North Carolina, Department of Cultural Services. Image from Battle of Elizabeth City    		 Robert Hurst
    Black Warrior 42k Sonar scan of the sunken CSS Black Warrior.
    Courtesy of North Carolina, Department of Cultural Services. Image from Battle of Elizabeth City    		 Robert Hurst
    Black Warrior 71k A gun carriage raised from the wreck of CSS Black Warrior, 8 August 2001, that will be displayed at the Museum of the Albemarle. Photo from the Elizabeth City N.C. "The Daily Advance" newspaper.
    Courtesy of North Carolina, Department of Cultural Services. Image from Battle of Elizabeth City    		 Robert Hurst
    Black Warrior 293k CSS Black Warrior's recovered gun carriage. Tommy Trampp
    Black Warrior 15k Drawing of a schooner-type vessel similar to CSS Black Warrior Tommy Trampp
    CSS Black Warrior
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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    Battle of Elizabeth City
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