 Attack of the Union fleet, April 24, 1862; Fort Jackson at left and Fort St. Philip is shown at right
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1845 |
| Reclassified | 1862 |
| Fate | Refitted as a ram |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sidewheel tug |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, side-wheels |
| History | |
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| Name | General Lovell |
| Namesake | Mansfield Lovell |
| Commissioned | March 1862 |
| Fate | Abandoned by crew and burned, 24 April 1862 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sidewheel ram |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, side-wheels |
| Complement | 40–50 |
| Armament | 1 × 32-pounder gun |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | River Defense Fleet |
| Operations: | Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip |
CSS General Lovell was a cotton-clad sidewheel ram of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
Originally built in 1845 as a steam tug in Cincinnati, the ship was purchased for service in the Confederacy and refitted at New Orleans, where she was converted into a cottonclad ram with cotton bales sandwiched between double pine bulkheads to protect her boilers and machinery and iron casing over her bow.[1] She was recommissioned in March 1862, and named for Major General Mansfield Lovell, commander of the defenses of New Orleans.[2] She became part of the River Defense Fleet, under the overall command of Captain J. E. Montgomery, at New Orleans.[3]
- ^ "Series I Volume 18". Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the war of the rebellion. Washington, DC: Washington Govt. Printing Office. 1904. pp. 249–252, 291. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Angus Konstam (20 January 2013). Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861–65. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4728-0095-4.
- ^ David J Eicher (30 March 2002). The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War. Simon and Schuster. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7432-1846-7.