Tag: steamboat Mississippi

Gibson and Gibson, Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels Steam and Sail Employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868 says: MISSISSIPPI; steamer; 2100 tons; 2008 tons. Transported Major General Benjamin Butler on expedition to Ship Island – New Orleans, Feb-Apr 1862. While en route, went aground off Cape Fear, North Carolina, but got off. Chartered July5-Sept 12, 1862. Used to move troops from Virginia peninsula in Aug 1862 to aid in the defense of Washington. Chartered Oct 13-Dec 7, 1862; Dec 11, 1862-Mar 24, 1863; Aug 17-24, 1863; Sept 3-22, 1863; Oct 15, 1863-May 20, 1865.