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CSS Texas was the third and last Columbia-class (or Tennessee-class according to some sources [1]) casemate ironclad built for the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Not begun until 1864 and intended to become part of the James River Squadron, she saw no action before being captured by Union forces while still fitting out.
The Secretary of the CS Navy, Stephen Mallory, was very aggressive on a limited budget in a land-focused war, and developed a two-pronged warship strategy of building ironclad warships for coastal and national defense, and commerce raiding cruisers, supplemented with exploratory use of special weapons such as torpedo boats and torpedoes.
CSS Texas is the name of two ships in the Confederate States Navy: CSS Texas (1863), a steam commerce raider better known as the Spanish screw corvette Tornado; CSS Texas (1865), an ironclad ram unfinished at the end of the war
Ironclad gunboats became very successful in the American Civil War. Ironclads were designed for several uses, including as high-seas battleships, long-range cruisers, and coastal defense ships. Rapid development of warship design in the late 19th century transformed the ironclad from a wooden-hulled vessel that carried sails to supplement its ...
The first battle of the war involving both the Union Army and Navy. Battle of Cockle Creek: October 5, 1861 October 5, 1861 Battle of the Head of Passes: October 12, 1861 October 12, 1861 First use of ironclad ram in the war Battle of Port Royal: November 7, 1861 November 7, 1861 First major naval battle of the war Battle of Cockpit Point ...
A highly sought-after Civil War photo that has been missing since '80s has turned out to be a hoax. Historians believed this photo that surfaced in 1986 was of the CSS Georgia battleship. The ...
Texas Civil War veterans received a pension check from Austin for $100 every month if they were unmarried, $150 if they were married. (Union veterans were pensioned by the U.S. Congress.) The ...
The Texas Civil War Museum accepted two historical markers rejected by the City of Fort Worth as out of context. One was for pioneer banker “Major” K.M. Van Zandt, who did not move to the city ...