CSS Ashley and CSS Cooper?

[Stiles/Akin]

 

[Stiles/Akin]

• Yorkville enquirer. /
• March 16, 1864 /

 

[Seduzal]

Thanks for sharing this interesting questions. Enjoyed reading all the answers.

 

[Stone in the wall]

8 gun ports and only 4 guns. Were they able to move the guns to different ports?

 

[USS Cumberland]

I'm reminded of the dry, old Charleston one-liner:

"Charleston is where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers meet to form the Atlantic."

 

[rebelatsea]

I bumped into that. i will search fr it

Thank you. it's amazing how many tidbits emerge when you are looking for something completely different.

 

[rebelatsea]

8 gun ports and only 4 guns. Were they able to move the guns to different ports?

They were to be on a form of turntable originated by John Roy and adopted by John M Brooke and could be each be fired out of two corner ports.

 

[Stiles/Akin]

Thank you. it's amazing how many tidbits emerge when you are looking for something completely different.

I looked hard for Cooper but could not find any more details. I will keep

Thank you. it's amazing how many tidbits emerge when you are looking for something completely different.

I keep searching but I cant seem to find anything soecific too CSS Cooper. I even searched for Kirkwood and Knox. Elephind is a good tool as well

 

[Stone in the wall]

They were to be on a form of turntable originated by John Roy and adopted by John M Brooke and could be each be fired out of two corner ports.

Thank you, I hadn't even thought about that. Amazing how much things had advanced since the CSS Virginia.