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General Bragg (Gunboat/Ram, 1861-1865)

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BOAT DESCRIPTION: SidewheelBOAT TYPE: Gunboat/RamBUILT: 1850 at New York, New York as the MexicoFORMERLY: Mexico, 1850BECAME: Mexico, 1865FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold to foreign interests in 1870OWNERS: 1861: Confederates States of America; June 6, 1862: U.S. Government; 1865: Captain David WhiteRIVERS: Mississippi RiverOTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2230; The General Bragg was originally built in New York in 1850 and owned by Charles Morgan and others. In 1861 she was seized by the Confedererate Army at New Orleans and made into a gunboat/ram. On June 6, 1862 she was captured by the U.S. and sold in August, 1865 to Captain David White. She resumed her original name MexicoPHOTO DESCRIPTION: Drawing of the USS General Bragg under the command of the United States
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