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CSS J. A. Cotton (II)

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Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Steamer:
  • Built at Jeffersonville, IN. in 1860 as Mary T. for the New Orleans, Coast, and La Fourche Transportation Co. (Also known as J.A. Cotton, Cotton, and Cotton Jr.)
  • Seized by the Confederate Army in the Red River early in 1863
  • Renamed J. A. Cotton and fitted out as a gunboat and protected with cotton bales
  • On 4 May 1863 at Fort De Russy, LA., in company with CSS Grand Duke she fought a sharp but inconclusive action with the Federal gunboat USS Albatross, during which CSS J. A. Cotton suffered minor damage
  • She served in various capacities until the end of the war when she was surrendered to Union forces at Alexandria, LA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 372 t.
    Length 185'
    Beam 34'6"
    Depth of Hold 8'9"
    Draft 4'10"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    two 24-pdrs
    two 12-pdrs
    one howitzer
    Propulsion
    steam engines
    two sidewheels
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