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CSS Jamestown

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Brigantine-rigged Side-wheel Steamer:

Built in 1853 for the Old Dominion Line as the passenger steamer, SS Jamestown at New York, designed and constructed by William H. Webb

Seized at Richmond, VA., in 1861 for the Commonwealth of Virginia Navy

Commissioned by the Confederate Navy the following July, renamed CSS Thomas Jefferson but was generally referred to as CSS Jamestown, LT J. N. Barney, CSN in command

CSS Jamestown participated in the battle of Hampton Roads, 8-9 March 1862 assisting CSS Virginia in attacking USS Congress and USS Cumberland

Participated in the capture of three merchant ships in Hampton Roads, 11 April 1862

Transported sick and wounded up the James River to Richmond in early May

CSS Jamestown was sunk on the James River as an obstruction in the channel at Drewry's Bluff, 15 May 1862

Specifications:
Displacement 1,300 t.
Length 250'
Beam 34'
Depth of Hold 17'
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament two guns
Propulsion steam

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
41k	The ironclad CSS Virginia steams from Gosport Navy Yard with tenders CSS Teaser and CSS Jamestown to engage Union Fleet at Hampton Roads, Virginia, 8 March 1862. "Virginia's Debut" by Tom Freeman - Ironclad CSS Virginia 1862 - Civil War Art	Tommy Trampp
84k	CSS Jamestown capturing merchant vessels in Hampton Roads, 11 April 1862. Line engraving originally published in "Harper's Weekly" in 1862.	Robert Hurst
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

CSS Jamestown
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Barney, Joseph Nicholson, CSN (Biography)	1861 to 1962
02	LT. Harrison, George W.,CSN (temporary)	May 1862


Courtesy Robert Hurst

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