CSS Jackson

CSS Jackson was a gunboat of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.

This article is about the river tug converted to a gunboat which operated on the Mississippi River. For the ironclad ram that operated on the Chattahoochee River, see CSS Muscogee.
History
Confederate States of America
NameJackson
Launched1849
Acquiredby purchase, 9 May 1861
CommissionedJune 1861
FateDestroyed to prevent capture, April 1862
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Tonnage297 long tons (302 t)
PropulsionSteam engine, stern-wheel
Complement75
Armament2 × 32-pounder guns

Built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1849 as Yankee, the fast side-wheel river tug was purchased at New Orleans on 9 May 1861 by Capt. Lawrence Rousseau, CSN, then strengthened and fitted for service in the Confederate Navy, and renamed Jackson.

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