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CSS Ivy

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Side-wheel Steamer:

Built, date unknown, as the side-wheel steamer El Paraguay

Commissioned as the privateer , V. H. Ivy, 16 May 1861, at New Orleans, CAPT N. B. Baker in command

Purchased later in the year by the Confederate Navy, renamed CSS Ivy, LT. J. Fry, CSN in command

Ivy participated in the attacks on the Federal blockading squadron at the Head of the Passes in the Mississippi River, 12 October 1861

She remained active in the lower Mississippi until May 1863 when she was destroyed by her officers near Liverpool Landing in the Yazoo River prevent her capture by Federal forces

Specifications:
Displacement 454 t.
Keel Length 191'
Beam 28'
Depth of Hold 9'
Draft unknown
Speed 12 kts
Complement 60 (as privateer)

Armament

one 8" gun

one 32-pdr rifle

two 24-pdr brass howitzers

Propulsion

side paddle wheels

one vertical condensing beam engine; cylinders, 44” diameter, 11’ stroke

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	34k	Illustration of CSS Ivy. Courtesy 290 Foundation		Tommy Trampp
	375k	Line engraving "Cutter of "USS Niagara" USS Niagara (II) hit by a shell from CSS Ivy, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, 3 November 1861. Published in "The Soldier in our Civil War, Volume I, page 126". US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 58783		Tommy Trampp

CSS Ivy
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