CSS Grampus explained
CSS Grampus was a stern-wheel river steamer built in 1856 at
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, for civilian employment. Taken by the
Confederate Army in early 1862, she served as a scout boat and transport on the
Mississippi River. Late in March 1862, Captain Marsh Miller in command, she took an active part in the
defense of Island No. 10 where the Confederates finally sank her to prevent capture, on 7 April. The Union Gunboat Flotilla set out to raise her during May 1862 and did so, but she is believed to be the
Grampus No. 2 which burned the following 11 January.
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