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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS General Bragg (1862-1865)

USS General Bragg, a 1043-ton side-wheel steamer, was built at New York City in 1850 as the commercial steamer Mexico. She served the Confederacy as the "cottonclad" ram CSS General Bragg in 1862 and was captured off Memphis, Tennessee, on 6 May of that year. Following repairs, she entered Federal service and operated along the Mississippi River and its tributaries during the rest of 1862 and into 1863. After the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in July 1863, General Bragg remained in that vicinity until late in the year, when she moved downriver to patrol the Red River area. She was damaged in action with Confederate batteries at Tunica Bend, Louisiana, on 15 June 1864. During the rest of the Civil War, General Bragg continued her service along the Mississippi between the Red River and New Orleans. She was decommissioned on 24 July 1865 and sold in September. Renamed Mexico, she was employed for U.S. civilian purposes until 1870, when she was sold to foreign interests.

This page features all our views of USS General Bragg and provides links to other pictures related to her.

For images of this ship in Confederate service, see: CSS General Bragg.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Photo #: NH 46642

USS General Bragg (1862-1865)


Probably photographed at Cairo or Mound City, Illinois, circa 1862-63.
Two small tugs are fitting out at left. USS Maria Denning (1861-62) is offshore at right.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 545 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 513

USS General Bragg (1862-1865)


Sketch of the ship in 1864-65, when she was commanded by Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Cyrenius Dorning.

Courtesy of the Philibrick Collection, Kittery, Maine.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 46KB; 740 x 450 pixels

 

For images of this ship in Confederate service, see: CSS General Bragg.


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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20 February 2000