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CSS J. A. Cotton (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Iron-clad Sidewheel Steamer:

Built in 1861 as the sidewheel steamer J.A. Cotton (J.A. Cotten "Way Packet Directory") at Jeffersonville, IN. for use on the bayous of Louisiana

Purchased by the Confederate Army in 1862, clad at least partially with iron, and placed under the command of CAPT. E. W. Fuller, CSA.

CSS J. A. Cotton operated in Berwick Bay and Bayou Teche where from 1 to 6 November 1862, she fought a series of actions against Union gunboats USS Calhoun, USS Kinsman, USS Diana, and USS Estrella, with only light casualties and damage

Final Disposition, destroyed by Union forces at Bayou Teche, 14 January 1863

Specifications:
Displacement 549 t.
Length 229'
Beam 36'
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 7'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Armament

one 32-pdr smoothbore

one 9-pdr rifle

Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	303k	"The Fight at Corney's Bridge, Bayou Teche, Louisiana, and Destruction of the Rebel Gun-boat 'Cotton', January 14, 1863." Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863, showing the Confederate gunboat CSS J.A. Cotton engaging Federal gunboats, as Confederate troops fire from the shore. U.S. Navy ships in this engagement were USS Kinsman, USS Estrella, USS Diana and USS Calhoun. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo		Bill Gonyo and Tommy Trampp

CSS J. A. Cotton (I)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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