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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive CSS J. A. Cotton (II) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Steamer:
Built at Jeffersonville, IN. in 1860 as Mary T. for the New Orleans, Coast, and La Fourche Transportation Co. (Also known as J.A. Cotton, Cotton, and Cotton Jr.)
Seized by the Confederate Army in the Red River early in 1863
Renamed J. A. Cotton and fitted out as a gunboat and protected with cotton bales
On 4 May 1863 at Fort De Russy, LA., in company with CSS Grand Duke she fought a sharp but inconclusive action with the Federal gunboat USS Albatross, during which CSS J. A. Cotton suffered minor damage
She served in various capacities until the end of the war when she was surrendered to Union forces at Alexandria, LA.
Final Disposition, fate unknown Specifications:
Displacement 372 t.
Length 185'
Beam 34'6"
Depth of Hold 8'9"
Draft 4'10"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament
two 24-pdrs
two 12-pdrs
one howitzer
Propulsion
steam engines
two sidewheels
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