Chillicothe (Gunboat, 1862-1872)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Gunboat
• BUILT: 1862 at Cincinnati, Ohio
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned near Cairo, Illinois in September 1872
• OWNERS: U.S.
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Harry Eytinge
• RIVERS: Red River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1016; Civil War gunboat built by Joseph Brown. She was armor plated at New Albany, Indiana. After the war she was abandoned in the river near Cairo, Illinois. In September 1872 she was set on fire and burned to make way for the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Drawing of the Chillicothe underway, flying the U.S. flag