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CSS Isondiga

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Gunboat
  • Built, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned, date unknown LT. J.S.Kannard CSN in command
  • CSS Isondiga, a small wooden gunboat, operated in waters around Savannah, GA., and in St. Augustine Creek, FL., from April 1863 to December 1864,
  • Isondiga accompanied ironclad ram CSS Atlanta in the engagement in which Atlantawas captured by USS Weehawken 17 June 1863.
  • Isondiga escaped from Savannah, 21 December 1864, before the city fell to the forces of Gen. W. T. Sherman
  • Later burned by her commanding officer and crew to prevent seizure by Union forces.
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hull unknown
    Draft 6'6"
    Speed 5kts
    Complement 60
    Armament
    one 9" shell gun
    one 6.4" rifle
    Propulsion steam
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