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CSS Neuse

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Civil War Medal

Albemarle class Iron-clad Ram:

CSS Neuse was a steam sloop laid down in 1862 for the Confederate Navy by Howard and Ellis at Whitehall and Kinston, N.C., on the Neuse River

Launched in November 1863

Delivered and Commissioned CSS Neuse in April 1864

Neuse sailed in April 1864 for duty on the inland waters of North Carolina as part of the force under CDR. R. F. Pinkney, CSN

Neuse never left the river she grounded off Kinston and remained fast for almost a month, refloated in May

Burned in March 1865 by the Confederates to escape capture by the Union army under Major General John M. Schofield, USA

Current Disposition, the hulk was raised in 1963; approximately 15,000 shipboard artifacts were recovered and carefully cataloged . Neuse's hull was then temporarily installed in the Governor Caswell Memorial, beside the river, in Kinston. Since 2013, Neuse and her artifacts have been on display in a new, climate-controlled building in downtown Kinston.

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 152'
Beam 34'
Draft 9'
Depth of Hold unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament two 6.4" (160 mm) Brooke rifles
Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
098684203	32k	The construction of CSS Neuse began at Whitehall on the Neuse River. Following an attack by Union troops in December 1862, construction was relocated downriver to Kinston. Image courtesy of CSS Neuse State Historic Site, Kinston, NC., Photo by Oydman (Wikipedia)	Robert Hurst
098684204	24k	The final mission for the crew of CSS Neuse was to cover the Confederate retreat from Kinston by shelling advancing Union forces. Image courtesy of CSS Neuse State Historic Site, Kinston, NC.	Robert Hurst
098684205	19k	The salvaged remnants of the hull of the CSS Neuse at the CSS Neuse State Historic Site and Governor Richard Caswell Memorial. Image courtesy of CSS Neuse State Historic Site, Kinston, NC.	Robert Hurst
098684201	341k	Replica of CSS Neuse 2003 Photo by Oydman (Wikipedia)	Robert Hurst
098684202	218k	CSS Neuse lay on the bottom of the Neuse River for nearly 100 years. Here her hull has been raised and is being restored for public display at the Governor Richard Caswell Memorial Site, Kinston North Carolina, 1969. US Navy photo # NH 68955	US Naval History and Heritage Command

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