CSS Missouri, A Timeline-- Part 4: The Army Becoming a Major Problem

APRIL 18, 1863--  Lt. Carter reported to Mallory:  "I have experienced great difficulty in obtaining caulkers.  I sent to Port Hudson to procure them, and in addition, went myself, to Gen. Gardiner for men. Some of the men detailed by his order, were stopped by Gen. [Richard] Taylor at Alexandria while on their way to this place."

APRIL 21, 1863--  Carter wrote to Major J.L. Brent, chief of artillery and ordnance for General Richard Taylor, and requested guns salvaged from the captured ironclad USS Indianola be sent to Shreveport for use on the CSS Missouri.

He also reported to Mallory that the Army had taken possession of the T.W. Jones Foundry in Shreveport and that the Navy would now have to build its own foundry and machine shop id it intended to establish an ordnance works.

--Old B-Runner