USS Tyler was originally a merchant ship named A. O. Tyler, a commercial side-wheel steamboat with twin stacks and covered paddles positioned aft. Constructed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1857, it was acquired by the United States Navy, 5 June 1861 for service in the American Civil War and converted into the gunboat USS Tyler on 5 June 1861. She was commissioned in September 1861. She was protected with thick wooden bulwarks. She was present both at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. from the book ' The Civil war through the camera ' hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil war times, sixtee
USS Tyler was originally a merchant ship named A. O. Tyler, a commercial side-wheel steamboat with twin stacks and covered paddles positioned aft. Constructed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1857, it was acquired by the United States Navy, 5 June 1861 for service in the American Civil War and converted into the gunboat USS Tyler on 5 June 1861. She was commissioned in September 1861. She was protected with thick wooden bulwarks. She was present both at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. from the book ' The Civil war through the camera ' hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil war times, sixteen reproductions in color of famous war paintings. The new text history by Henry W. Elson. A. complete illustrated history of the Civil war
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