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CSS Virginia (II)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Ironclad Steam Sloop:
  • Built in 1863 at Richmond, VA.
  • Commissioned, CSS Virginia (II) CDR. Robert Baker Pegram, CSN
  • Engaged Federal ships at Trent's Reach, 21 June 1864
  • Exchanged fire with the enemy at Dutch Gap 13 August and 22 October
  • Participated in the capture of Signal Hill, 17 August 1864.
  • Damaged, 23 - 24 January 1865 in action during second unsuccessful attempt to circumvent obstructions in Trent's Reach.
  • Destroyed in the James River before the evacuation of Richmond, Va., 3 April 1865
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 197'
    Beam 47' 6"
    Draft 14'
    Speed 10 kts
    Complement 150
    Armament
    one 11" gun
    one 8" rifle
    two 6.4" rifles
    Propulsion steam
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    Richmond 147k Plan drawing, including the inboard profile, decks and two hull cross sections, inscribed at the top: "180 Ft. Iron Clad Gun Boat. As Altered July 6th 1863 ... Wm. A. Graves". This plan may represent CSS Virginia (II). The original is plan # 81-12-2E in Record Group 19 at the U.S. National Archives.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 76391    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Richmond 124k "The Rebel Iron-Clad Fleet Forcing the Obstructions in James River", 23 January 1865
    Line engraving, based on a sketch by A.R. Waud, published in "Harper's Weekly", 11 February 1865, page 81. It depicts the Confederate ironclads CSS Virginia II, CSS Richmond and CSS Fredericksburg attempting to run past the obstructions at Trent's Reach to attack Federal positions along the James River.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59187    		 Bill Gonyo
    Richmond 138k CSS Jamestown and CSS Virginia (II) sunk in the James River, near Drewry's Bluff, circa April 1865. Jamestown, whose paddlebox tops are visible in the center, was sunk as an obstruction off Drewry's Bluff,15 May 1862. Virginia (II) was destroyed when the Confederates evacuated Richmond, 3 April 1865. Photographed by Matthew Brady.
    US Library of Congress photo # LC-B8171-3350    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Richmond
    LC-B8171-3152    		 156k CSS Virginia (II) smokestack removed from the ship after it had been damaged. Probably photographed at Richmond, sometime after the city was captured by Union Forces in April 1865. Photographed by Matthew Brady.
    US Library of Congress photo # LC-B8171-3152 and US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 42239    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Richmond
    NH 42239    		 108k
    CSS Virginia (II)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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