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CSS / USS General Bragg

USS General Bragg probably photographed at Cairo or Mound City, Illinois

Launched: 1851

Captured: 6 June 1862

Renamed: USS General Bragg

Union Commission: 9 July 1862

Decommissioned: 24 July 1865

Fate: Sold, 1 September 1865

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Characteristics

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Displacement: 1,043 tons

Length: 208 ft.

Beam 32 ft. 8 in.

Draft: 12 ft.

Depth of Hold: 15 ft.

Propulsion: Steam Engine, side-wheel Propelled

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Armament

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1 x 30-pounder gun

1 x 32-pounder gun

1 x 12-pounder gun

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Battles

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Confederate River Defense Fleet

Naval Battle of Plum Point

Fort Pillow

Mississippi River Fleet

Vicksburg

Red River Campaign

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