Search for Civil War Gunboat Is Unending Aficionados Endure the Frustrations of Dealing With Unpredictable Ohio River November 12, 2005 More than 19 years ago ...

But for reasons unknown, up to 7 feet of riverbed has been scoured away, excavating parts of the 130-foot-long ship not seen ...

The town of Carondelet circa 1860, shortly before the Civil War began. The construction yard leased by James B. Eads on the riverfront at Marceau Avenue was south (or left) of this scene.

During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 yards long, carried 75 tons of armor on their hulls and decks, sported ...

Eads and his workers constructed 32 gunboats used in the Civil War. His City-class gunboats were instrumental in winning battles at Fort Donelson on the Tennessee River, Island No. 10, Memphis ...

The USS Westfield Exhibit will be dedicated at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at the Texas City Museum, 409 6th St. North, Texas City. Throughout the day the museum will be open to the public at no ...

During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 yards long, carried 75 tons of armor on their hulls and decks, sported ...

Harassing fire was nothing new for the Union gunboats that patrolled Hampton Roads during the Civil War. More than one Yankee sailor felt the sting of a rebel rifle fired from the shore, and ...

Note: The 69th Indiana’s gunboat "Opossum," instead of playing dead like its animal counterpart, pretended to be deadlier than it was and duped the enemy into a retreat.

Wallace Jackson and his extended family have a personal connection to USS Tulip, the Civil War Union gunboat that exploded Nov. 11, 1864 offshore from what is now Webster Outlying ...

A new look at detailed data about Civil War skirmishes along the Mississippi River reveals another key to the Union’s victory. Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they ...