Another ship involved with the saga of the USS Queen of the West was the Confederate ship named the CSS City of Vicksburg and also referred to as the CSS Vicksburg.
From Wikipedia.
It was built in 1857 at New Albany, Indiana, and was home ported at New Orleans. With the coming of the war, she was seized and converted for military operations of the Mississippi River. By 19 February, she was reported to have carried cannons upriver to forts above Memphis.
In May 1862, she was carrying troops to defend Natchez, Mississippi, only to find five Union ships before the city, but was warned just in time and managed to escape. One shop, the USS Oneida, pursued her upriver, but the Vicksburg got away.
Later in 1862, she was spotted on the Black River probably carrying Confederate troops and supplies.
--Old B-R'er
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