Tag: side-wheeler Metamora

Photographed at Hampton Roads, VA in December of 1862.

Gibson and Gibson, Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels Steam and Sail Employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868 says: METAMORA; sidewheel steamer; 311 tons; 375 tons; 460 tons. Chartered Mar 1, 1862-Mar 9, 1863. In use as local transport during Peninsula campaign Chartered Mar 18-Oct 19, 1863; Apr 20, 1864-Aug 4, 1865.