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USS Miami (1861)

Index USS Miami (1861)

The first USS Miami was a side-wheel steamer, double-ender gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. [1]

61 relations: Admiral, Alabama, American Civil War, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Battle of Albemarle Sound, Berkeley Plantation, Blockade runners of the American Civil War, Brigadier general, Capture of New Orleans, Charles Henry Davis, Charles W. Flusser, Commander, Confederate States Army, Confederate States Navy, Confederate States of America, CSS Albemarle, CSS Bombshell, Dahlgren gun, David Dixon Porter, David Farragut, Florida, Fort Jackson, Louisiana, Fort Monroe, Fort St. Philip, Gunboat, Hamilton, North Carolina, Hampton Roads, Ironclad warship, James River, Lieutenant, Lieutenant commander, Louisiana, Memphis, Tennessee, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Mobile Bay, Mobile, Alabama, Norfolk, Virginia, North Carolina, Parrott rifle, Pennsylvania, Pensacola, Florida, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Plymouth, North Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Scotland Neck, North Carolina, Ship Island (Mississippi), Steam engine, Steamboat, ..., Steamship, Tennessee, Ulysses S. Grant, Union Navy, United States, United States Army, United States Navy, USS Sassacus (1862), Vicksburg, Mississippi, Virginia, William B. Cushing. Expand index (11 more) »

Admiral

Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies, and in many navies is the highest rank.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

The Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is a National Historical Park of original and reconstructed 19th century buildings in Appomattox County, Virginia.

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Battle of Albemarle Sound

The Battle of Albemarle Sound was an inconclusive naval battle fought in May 1864 along the coast of North Carolina during the American Civil War.

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Berkeley Plantation

Berkeley Plantation, one of the first slave rearing estates in America, comprises about on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia.

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Blockade runners of the American Civil War

The blockade runners of the American Civil War were seagoing steam ships that were used to make their way through the Union blockade that extended some along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines and the lower Mississippi River.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.

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Capture of New Orleans

The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the American Civil War was an important event for the Union.

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Charles Henry Davis

Charles Henry Davis (January 16, 1807 – February 18, 1877) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.

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Charles W. Flusser

Charles Williamson Flusser (September 27, 1832 – April 19, 1864) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

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Commander

Commander is a common naval and air force officer rank.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

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Confederate States Navy

The Navy of the Confederate States (CSN) was the naval branch of the Confederate States Armed Forces, established by an act of the Confederate States Congress on February 21, 1861.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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CSS Albemarle

CSS Albemarle was a steam-powered ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy (and later the second Albemarle of the United States Navy), named for a town and a sound in North Carolina.

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CSS Bombshell

CSS Bombshell — believed to have been an Erie Canal steamer — was a U.S. Army transport.

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Dahlgren gun

Dahlgren guns were muzzle-loading naval artillery designed by Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren USN (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870), mostly used in the period of the American Civil War.

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David Dixon Porter

David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a United States Navy admiral and a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the U.S. Navy.

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David Farragut

David Glasgow Farragut (also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Fort Jackson, Louisiana

Fort Jackson is an historic masonry fort located some up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

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Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe (also known as the Fort Monroe National Monument) is a decommissioned military installation in Hampton, Virginia—at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States.

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Fort St. Philip

Fort St.

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Gunboat

A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.

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Hamilton, North Carolina

Hamilton is a town in Martin County, North Carolina, United States.

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Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water in Virginia and the surrounding metropolitan region in Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, United States.

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Ironclad warship

An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century.

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James River

The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Lieutenant

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer in the armed forces, fire services, police and other organizations of many nations.

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Lieutenant commander

Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated LCdr, LCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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Mobile Bay

Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Parrott rifle

The Parrott rifle was a type of muzzle-loading rifled artillery weapon used extensively in the American Civil War.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, approximately from the border with Alabama, and the county seat of Escambia County, in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

The Navy Yard, formerly known as the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Philadelphia Naval Business Center, was an important naval shipyard of the United States for almost two centuries.

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Plymouth, North Carolina

Plymouth is the largest town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Scotland Neck, North Carolina

Scotland Neck is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, in the United States.

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Ship Island (Mississippi)

Ship Island is the collective name for two barrier islands off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, part of Gulf Islands National Seashore: East Ship Island and West Ship Island.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Steamboat

A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.

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Steamship

A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically drive (turn) propellers or paddlewheels.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier and statesman who served as Commanding General of the Army and the 18th President of the United States, the highest positions in the military and the government of the United States.

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Union Navy

The Union Navy was the United States Navy (USN) during the American Civil War, when it fought the Confederate States Navy (CSN).

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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USS Sassacus (1862)

The first USS Sassacus, a wooden, double-ended, side-wheel steamer, was launched on 23 December 1862 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, sponsored by Miss Wilhelmina G. Lambert.

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Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg is the only city in, and county seat of Warren County, Mississippi, United States.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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William B. Cushing

Commander William Barker Cushing (November 4, 1842 – December 17, 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy, best known for sinking the Confederate ironclad during a daring nighttime raid on October 27, 1864, a feat for which he received the Thanks of Congress.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Miami_(1861)

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