Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville - Richmond Hill, GA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member onfire4jesus
N 31° 53.343 W 081° 11.981
17R E 481116 N 3528155
The swift Confederate blockade runner NASHVILLE (renamed RATTLESNAKE) was destroyed by the monitor MONTAUK, February 28, 1863, after she went aground on a sandbar in a hairpin bend of the Ogeechee River. Machinery from the NASHVILLE is displayed here
Waymark Code: WM3R0Q
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member StagsRoar
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photo from the DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER web site

From historical markers at the site:
"The swift Confederate blockade runner NASHVILLE (renamed RATTLESNAKE) was destroyed by the monitor MONTAUK, February 28, 1863, after she went aground on a sandbar in a hairpin bend of the Ogeechee River. The engagement was a three-way battle with the guns of the fort firing on the MONTAUK and the MONTAUK concentrating on the NASHVILLE. The wreck of the NASHVILLE lies in the direction of the arrow, approximately 1200 yards."

"These portions of rotating machinery were removed, 1960, from the wreck of the Confederate blockade runner NASHVILLE, sunk in the Ogeechee River by shell fire from the U.S.S. MONTAUK in Feb., 1863. These relics give some conception of the power of the NASHVILLE's engine."

Date of Shipwreck: 02/28/1863

Type of Boat: Steamboat

Military or Civilian: Military

Cause of Shipwreck: Destroyed by Union ships.

Accessibility:
Machinery from the wreck has been put on display in the Fort McAllister State Park. The Park is open 24 hours, but a fee to park in the park is charged.

Diving Permitted: Not Listed
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