USS Cincinnati

[georgew]

Most of the Western River steamboats that operated in Texas came here from the Mississippi River through the Gulf of Mexico. Not something you'd want to do frequently, but certainly possible.

Do we know if any of the early runners out of Texas were bulkheaded for their runs? I did some research on the vessels used on the Texas coast about 10 years ago and noted that several were lost in bad weather, particularly between Sabine River, Galveston and Louisiana.

 

[georgew]

I found something rather odd in Canney's Old Steam Navy. On page 55, in the section the City Class it states that the Cincinnati took the surrender of CSS Morgan and Tombigbee in 1865.
Now, CSS Morgan and CSS Nashville were surrendered at Nanna Hubba Bluff, above Calvert on the Tombigbee River Alabama.
1) How did a city class gunboat get there from the Mississippi ? I know the two double turreted monitors were taken to Mobile ,one under tow.
2) It's quite possible that one of the Bigbee boats was named after the river, but so far as I am aware, the three Bigbee boats launched were at Mobile when surrendered. As they were all engined, and one at least, the paddler CSS Powell was commissioned, I suppose they could have been moved

Was the Powell of the same "class" as the Montgomery and Selma side-wheelers?

 

[rebelatsea]

Was the Powell of the same "class" as the Montgomery and Selma side-wheelers?

No, it appears that she was the surviving one of the pair of paddle wheel Bigbee boats. she was engined by Columbus, but never received armour, guns and maybe only a skeleton crew.