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CSS Uncle Ben and J. A. Bell capture sloop USS Morning Light at Sabine Pass, Texas on January 21, 1863. Image from New York Public Library Digital Collections. |
Tommy Trampp |
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Model of the Confederate cotton-clad side-wheel steamer Josiah A. Bell by Robert Hass of Lumberton, N.C. The The Confederates transformed
steamboats by lining them with cotton bales to protect the crew and sensitive machinery.
Clifton Steamboat Museum |
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This modern cotton bale weighing 450 pounds demonstrates the size and appearance of a bale of cotton as it may have looked during the Civil War.
Clifton Steamboat Museum |
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