. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . In the picture above of gunboat Number 5-t, the Nymph, is seen—a typical example of the river steamers that were purchased bythe Government and converted into the so-called tinclads. This kind of vessel was acquired at the suggestion of Flag-OfEcer Davis,who saw the necessity of light-draft gunboats to operate in shallow waters against the Confederates constantly harassing the flotillafrom along shore. These tinclads were mostly stern-wheel steamers drawing not more than three feet. They were covered frombow to stern with iron plat
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . In the picture above of gunboat Number 5-t, the Nymph, is seen—a typical example of the river steamers that were purchased bythe Government and converted into the so-called tinclads. This kind of vessel was acquired at the suggestion of Flag-OfEcer Davis,who saw the necessity of light-draft gunboats to operate in shallow waters against the Confederates constantly harassing the flotillafrom along shore. These tinclads were mostly stern-wheel steamers drawing not more than three feet. They were covered frombow to stern with iron plate a half to three-quarters of an inch thick. When Admiral Porter succeeded Davis in the command of theMississippi squadron, it had already been reenforced by a number of these extremely useful little vessels. One of Porters first acts wasto use the tinclads to prevent the erection of Confederate fortifications up the Yazoo. The Queen City (tinclad Number26) was commanded in the Vicksburg campaign by Acting Volunteer Lieutenant J. Goudy, one of those to rec
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