CSS Raleigh
CSS Raleigh, Curfew and Junaluska attacks U.S. Army steamer Fanny
Built By: Confederate States Navy
Acquired: May 1861
Commissioned: May 1861
Decommissioned: April 4, 1865 - Destroyed to prevent capture
Characteristics
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Type: Richmond-class ironclad
Displacement: 65 tons
Length: 150 ft.
Beam: 32 ft.
Draft: 12 ft.
Propulsion: steam engine
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Armament
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2 x 6-in Brooke rifled cannons
2 smoothbore cannons
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Battles
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CSS Raleigh (1861). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Raleigh_(1861). Accessed: 3 February 2026
CSS Raleigh (1864). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Raleigh_(1864). Accessed: 16 January 2026
Luraghi, Raimondo. A History of the Confederate Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. Gunboat: p 137, 139, 153,
185, Ironclad: p 274-275, 289, 298-299
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