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CSS General Polk

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sidewheel River Steamer:
  • Built in 1852 as the sidewheel river steamer Ed Howard at New Albany, IN.
  • Purchased by Confederacy in 1861 at New Orleans for $8,000
  • Converted for military service as a timber clad river gunboat
  • Commissioned, CSS General Polk, 20 April 1862, LT. J. H. Carter, CSN in command
  • CSS General Polk was assigned to Flag Officer George N. Hollins Louisiana defense fleet
  • Flag Officer Hollins moved his fleet up th Mississippi River in support of Army operations near New Madrid, MO.
  • After the fall on Island NO. 10 CSS General Polk escaped 75 miles up the Yazoo River where she was burned, 26 June 1862, to prevent capture by Union forces
    Specifications:
    Displacement 390 t.
    Length 280'
    Beam 35'
    Draft 8'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    two 32pdr muzzle-loading rifles
    one 32-pdr smoothbore gun
    Propulsion steam
    two sidewheels
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