C.S.S. Chattahoochee

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Jone had a very interesting career and I have studied a lot of his history especially his time at Selma when he took over the Naval works. He is buried in Selma after being shot by the father of a 10 year old boy who had bullied his 7 year old son. The UCV and the SCV have a camp in Selma named after him. I have some nice pieces from the UCV camp named after him.
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Although John M Brooke was not interested in developing naval breech loading artillery, some CSN officers were, including Catesby ap R Jones and Constructor William Wagner at Montgomery had ideas of building an ironclad with BLR. At a discussion with John L Porter during his tour of inspection Porter suggested that he talk to Jones at Selma. So far as I can trace, this vessel would have been the very last CSN ironclad proposal.