General Bragg (Gunboat/Ram, 1861-1865)

Publisher

Review of Reviews

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Gunboat/Ram
• BUILT: 1850 at New York, New York as the Mexico
• FORMERLY: Mexico, 1850
• BECAME: Mexico, 1865
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold to foreign interests in 1870
• OWNERS: 1861: Confederates States of America; June 6, 1862: U.S. Government; 1865: Captain David White
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER 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 Mexico
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: General Bragg in the front with the Maria Denning in back. This drawing was published in 1911 by Review of Reviews