CSS General Lovell
CSS General Lovell was a cotton-clad sidewheel ram of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
Attack of the Union fleet, April 24, 1862; Fort Jackson at left and Fort St. Philip is shown at right | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1845 |
| Reclassified | 1862 |
| Fate | Refitted as a ram |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sidewheel tug |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, side-wheels |
| History | |
| Name | General Lovell |
| Namesake | Mansfield Lovell |
| Commissioned | March 1862 |
| Fate | Abandoned by crew and burned, 24 April 1862 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sidewheel ram |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, side-wheels |
| Complement | 40–50 |
| Armament | 1 × 32-pounder gun |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | River Defense Fleet |
| Operations: | Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip |
Originally built in 1845 as a steam tug in Cincinnati, the ship was purchased for service in the Confederacy and refitted at New Orleans, where she was converted into a cottonclad ram with cotton bales sandwiched between double pine bulkheads to protect her boilers and machinery and iron casing over her bow. She was recommissioned in March 1862, and named for Major General Mansfield Lovell, commander of the defenses of New Orleans. She became part of the River Defense Fleet, under the overall command of Captain J. E. Montgomery, at New Orleans.
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