Thursday, March 15, 2012

CSS Atlanta/USS Atlanta

Lt. James North Thurston, CSMC, was aboard the CSS Atlanta when it was captured June 17, 1863. It had previously been the blockade-runner Fingal before conversion into an ironclad. After capture, the Atlanta became a US warship until the end of the war. Decommissioned June 21, 1865, it was sold May 4, 1869 and then purchased by Haiti for $160,000 in gold. It sank December 1869 off Cape Hatteras on its way to that country.

And, That's the Story. --Old B-Runner

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