NationMaster - Encyclopedia: USS Carondelet (1861)

USS Carondelet, Map an ironclad river gunboat, was built in 1861 by James Eads and Co., St. Louis, Missouri, under contract to the United States Department of War. Carondelet was commissioned January 15, 1862, at Cairo, Illinois, naval Captain Henry A. Walke in command, and reported to Western Flotilla (Army), commanded by naval Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote. USS Carondelet, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center. ... The source for an SVG image of the United States Navy jack can be found at USN Jack. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... USS Carondelet (IX-136) was built in 1921 in Italy. ... Ironclad warships, frequently shortened to just ironclads, were ships sheathed with thick iron plates for protection. ... A gunboat is literally a boat carrying one or more guns. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: Country United States State Missouri County Independent City Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area - City 66. ... Line drawing of the Department of Wars seal. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Alexander County, Illinois Political Statistics Founded 1818 Incorporated 1858 County Alexander County Mayor Paul Farris Geographic Statistics Area - Total - Land - Water 23. ... This article concerns the rank and title of Captain. ... Rear Admiral Henry A. Walke (24 December 1809 – 8 March 1896) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. ... The Mississippi River Squadron was the official name to the Union squadron that operated on the western rivers during the American Civil War and was therefore commonly known as the Western Flotilla and sometimes as the Mississippi Flotilla. History The squadron was created on 16 May 1861 and was controlled... Andrew Hull Foote Andrew Hull Foote (September 12, 1806 – June 26, 1863) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the American Civil War. ...

Between January and October 1862, Carondelet operated almost constantly on river patrol and in the capture of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in February; the passing of Island No. 10 and the attack on and spiking of the shore batteries below New Madrid, Missouri, in April; the lengthy series of operations against Plum Point Bend, Fort Pillow, and Memphis, Tennessee, from April through June, and the engagement with CSS Arkansas on July 15, during which Carondelet was heavily damaged and suffered 35 casualties. The Battle of Fort Henry was fought February 6, 1862, in western Tennessee, during the American Civil War. ... The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought February 12â€“16, 1862 in the American Civil War. ... Battle of Island No. ... New Madrid is a city located in New Madrid County, Missouri, 42 miles (68 km) south by west of Cairo, Illinois, on the Mississippi River. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Strength Mound City, Carondelet and Cincinnati General Earl Van Dorn, General Sterling Price, General Bragg, General Sumter and Little Rebel The naval battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee (sometimes known as the engagement at Plum Point Bend) took place between the Confederate... Fort Pillow is a fort in Henning, Tennessee on the Mississippi River that was used by both sides in the American Civil War. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The River City, The Bluff City, M-Town Location Location in Shelby County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Tennessee Shelby County Mayor W. W. Herenton (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 294. ... The CSS Arkansas was a Confederate Ironclad warship during the American Civil War. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ...

Transferred to United States Department of the Navy control with the other ships of her flotilla on October 1, 1862, Carondelet continued the rapid pace of her operations, taking part in the unsuccessful Steele's Bayou Expedition in March 1863. One of those to pass the Vicksburg and Warrenton, Missouri batteries in April 1863, Carondelet took part on April 29 in the five and one-half hour engagement with the batteries at Grand Gulf. She remained on duty off Vicksburg, hurling fire at the city in its long siege from May to July. Without her and her sisters and other naval forces, the great operations on the rivers would not have been possible and the United States victory might not have been won. From March 7 to May 15, 1864, she sailed with the Red River Expedition, and during operations in support of Army movements ashore, took part in the Bell's Mill engagement (part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign) of December 1864. For the remainder of the war, Carondelet patrolled in the Cumberland River. She was decommissioned at Mound City on June 20, 1865, and sold there on November 29, 1865. Seal The United States Department of the Navy was established by an Act of Congress on April 30, 1798, to provide administrative and technical support, and civilian leadership to the United States Navy and Marine Corps. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Vicksburg is a city located in Warren County, Mississippi, 234 miles (377 km) north by west of New Orleans on the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. ... Warrenton is a city located in Warren County, Missouri. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... The Battle of Grand Gulf was fought on April 29, 1863 between Union and Confederate forces. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Ulysses S. Grant John C. Pemberton Strength Army of the Tennessee Army of Vicksburg Casualties 10,142 9,091 (30,000 paroled) The Battle of Vicksburg or Siege of Vicksburg was the final significant battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The Red River Campaign or Red River Expedition consisted of a series of battles fought along the Red River in Louisiana during the American Civil War from March 10 to May 22, 1864. ... The Franklin-Nashville Campaign, also known as Hoods Tennessee Campaign, was a series of battles fought in the fall of 1864 in Alabama, Tennessee, and northwestern Georgia during the American Civil War. ... Length 1,106 km Elevation of the source 480 m Average discharge 3,217 m³/s Area watershed 46,830 km² Origin Oven Fork, Kentucky Mouth Ohio River Basin countries United States The Cumberland River is an important waterway in the southern United States. ... Mound City is a city located in Pulaski County, Illinois. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

In 1873, shortly before she was to be scrapped, a flood swept the Carondelet from her moorings in Gallipolis, Ohio to approximately 130 miles down river, where she grounded near Manchester, Ohio. Her ultimate fate remained unknown until a May 1982 by the National Underwater and Marine Agency pinpointed the location of the wreckage, two days after a dredge passed directly over the wreckage, demolishing most of the wrecked vessel.^[1] 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Downtown Gallipolis. ... Manchester is a village located in Adams County, Ohio. ... The National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) in the United States is dedicated to preserving maritime heritage through the discovery, archaeological survey and conservation of shipwreck artifacts. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

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