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CSS Hampton

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Screw Steamer - Wood-hull Gunboat :

Laid down at Norfolk Navy Yard in 1862

Launched in 1862

Commissioned, in May 1862, LT. George W. Harrison, CSN in command

Based at Norfolk Navy Yard until May 1862, when the yard was abandoned and the fleet moved up the James River

CSS Hampton, LT. John Herndon Maury, CSN, in command, participated in the following actions; the battle at Dutch Gap, 12 August 1864; operations against Fort Harrison, 29 September to 1 October; and the engagement at Chaffin's Bluff, 22 October

Hampton was burned by the Confederates as they evacuated Richmond, VA., 3 April 1865.

The Ship's flag was taken from the ship as it sank in the James River by LT. William Ladd, 13th New Hampshire Regiment

Recently rediscovered, the flag will be on display at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum.

Notes and references
Military Wiki
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
Coski (1996), John M. Capital Navy: The Men, Ships and Operations of the James River Squadron, Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury Publishers. ISBN 1-882810-03-1.

Specifications:
Displacement 166 t.
Length 106'
Beam 21'
Draft 6'
Depth of Hold unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Armament

one 9" rifle

one 32-pdr smoothbore

Propulsion steam

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
098685801	64k	FLAGSHIP MODELS 1/192 Scale CSS Hampton, Maury" Gun Boat (6.5 inches Long) ironcladmodels ship-modeler-1955 Known as "Maury Gunboats",		Tommy Trampp
098685802	146k	CSS Hampton flag taken by by LT. William Ladd, 13th New Hampshire Regiment shortly before the ship sank into the James River. After the war, Ladd kept the flag, where it remained until a Massachusetts law firm settled the estate of a Ladd family member in the 1960’s. The care of the flag rested with the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society from the 1960’s until 2013, when they decided to donate the flag to the NHHC in order to conserve and showcase it. .		Tommy Trampp

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
CSS Hampton Flag at Hampton Roads Naval Museum

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Harrison, George W., CSN	May 1862 - 1862
02	LT. Davidson, Hunter, CSN	1862 - July 1863
03	LT. Maury, John S., CSN	July 1863 - October 1864
04	LT. Murdaugh, John W. CSN	October 1864
05	LT. Foreman, Ivey, CSN	October - November 1864
06	LT. Butt, Walter Raleigh, CSN	November
07	LT. Sheppard, Francis E., CSN	December 1864 – January 1865
08	LT. Wilson, Joseph David, CSN	January – February 1865


Courtesy Tommy Trampp

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