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New Orleans, as portrayed by the Union

The Philadelphia Inquirer on April 11, 1862

Namesake: City of New Orleans

Commissioned: October 14, 1861

Fate: Scuttled, April 8, 1862

Captured by Union forces and used as a floating drydock. Burned by the Confederates in August or September 1863.

Characteristics

Floating Battery

Armament

1 x 9-inch gun

17 x 8-inch guns

2 x 32-pounder rifles

Battles

Island No 10 near New Madrid, Missouri

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