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1862 American Confederate warship
CSS General Earl Van Dorn was a cottonclad warship that was used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. She was purchased
CSS_General_Earl_Van_Dorn
Confederate States Army general
Earl Van Dorn (September 17, 1820 – May 7, 1863) was an American Major General who started his military career as a United States Army officer and became
Earl_Van_Dorn
American Civil War sidewheel paddle streamer
rest of the fleet remained upriver. Along with CSS General Bragg and CSS General Earl Van Dorn, General Sumter sortied upriver on the morning of May 8
CSS_General_Sumter
Confederate warship
on the Yazoo River, where they were joined by the cottonclad CSS General Earl Van Dorn, the only River Defense Fleet ship to survive the First Battle
CSS_General_Polk
1862 Arkansas-class ironclad
commander of the area, Major General Earl Van Dorn, wanted him to do and to scout out the Union fleet between him and the city. Van Dorn ordered him to sortie
CSS_Arkansas
Civil War Confederate ironclad
CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War. She was
CSS_Virginia
Topics referred to by the same term
Van Dorn or Van Dorne may refer to: Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), Confederate major general Elizabeth Van Dorn, stage name of Bessie De Voie (1880s–1974)
Van_Dorn
1862 Confederate States Navy steamer
Livingston went up the Yazoo River with CSS General Polk. On June 26, Livingston, General Polk, and CSS General Earl Van Dorn were all burned at Liverpool Landing
CSS_Livingston
1862 naval battle of the American Civil War
boat, Queen of the West, was disabled. The sole boat to escape, CSS General Earl Van Dorn, fled to the protection of the Yazoo River, just north of Vicksburg
First_Battle_of_Memphis
Confederate Navy ship
CSS General Beauregard was a cottonclad ram operated by the Confederate States Army as part of the River Defense Fleet during the American Civil War.
CSS_General_Beauregard
Naval battle of the American Civil War
join the action: USS Carondelet and USS Mound City. In turn, CSS General Earl Van Dorn rammed Mound City; the Union vessel was damaged so severely that
Battle_of_Plum_Point_Bend
First Confederate ironclad warship
CSS Manassas, formerly the steam icebreaker Enoch Train, was built in 1855 by James O. Curtis as a twin-screw towboat at Medford, Massachusetts. A New
CSS_Manassas
Ram used by the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War
CSS Colonel Lovell was a cottonclad ram operated by the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1843 as the towboat Hercules
CSS_Colonel_Lovell
1862 CSS General Earl Van Dorn, steamer, cotton-clad ram, burned CSS General M. Jeff Thompson, steamer, cotton-clad ram, sunk: June 6, 1862 CSS General Sterling
List of ships of the Confederate States Navy
List_of_ships_of_the_Confederate_States_Navy
CSS General Lovell was a cotton-clad sidewheel ram of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Originally built in 1845 as a steam tug in Cincinnati
CSS_General_Lovell
CSS Louisiana was a casemate ironclad of the Confederate States Navy built to aid in defending the lower Mississippi River from invasion by the Union
CSS_Louisiana
American Civil War she was taken into service by the Confederate Navy as CSS General Sterling Price. On 6 June 1862, she was sunk at the First Battle of Memphis
Laurent_Millaudon_(steamboat)
American military ship
received word of the construction of the Confederate casemate ironclad, CSS Virginia, Congress appropriated $1.5 million on 3 August to build one or
USS_Galena_(1862)
Sidewheel steamer
CSS Oregon was a wooden sidewheel steamer that served as a gunboat in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Built in 1846 for the
CSS_Oregon
British sailing steamship launched in 1858
visitors (which included engineers, stockholders, members of Parliament, five earls, and other notables). In early September 1859, the ship sailed from her
SS_Great_Eastern
Confederate states sidewheel steamer
CSS Maurepas was a sidewheel steamer that briefly served as a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Built in 1858 in Indiana
CSS_Maurepas
Gunboat of the United States Navy
inflicted many casualties. On the second day of the battle, USS Monitor engaged CSS Virginia, allowing tugs to free Minnesota on the morning of 10 March. Minnesota
USS_Minnesota_(1855)
Confederate Navy ironclad warship
CSS Mississippi was a projected ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy, intended to be used on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of New Orleans
CSS_Mississippi
Steamboat
CSS Jamestown, originally a side-wheel, passenger steamer, was built at New York City in 1853, and seized at Richmond, Virginia in 1861 for the Virginia
CSS_Jamestown
Gunboat of the United States Navy
delivered by the gunboat CSS R. J. Breckinridge, while the naval historians Neil Chatelain and W. Craig Gaines state that it was from CSS Stonewall Jackson.
USS_Varuna_(1861)
First of the six original frigates of the U.S. Navy
by the Virginia Navy. She was commissioned into the Confederate navy as CSS United States, but was later scuttled by Confederate forces. The U.S. Navy
USS_United_States_(1797)
American politician
Vans Murray Sulivane and his mother, Octavia Van Dorn. His maternal grandfather was Peter Aaron Van Dorn (1773–1837). One of his uncles was Earl Van Dorn
Clement_Sulivane
Confederate States Navy steam gunboat
CSS Appomattox was a small screw-steam gunboat used early in the American Civil War by the Confederate States Navy to patrol the sounds of northeastern
CSS_Appomattox
Gunboat of the United States Navy
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USS_Fulton_(1837)
CSS Stonewall Jackson was a cottonclad sidewheel ram of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Stonewall Jackson was selected in January
CSS_Stonewall_Jackson
Cushing-class schooner revenue cutter
CSS Pickens (originally known as USRC Robert McClelland) was a Cushing-class schooner revenue cutter that saw service in the navies of the United States
CSS_Pickens
Cottonclad ram of the Confederate States Navy
CSS General M. Jeff Thompson was a warship which served in the River Defense Fleet of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
CSS_General_M._Jeff_Thompson
American Civil War ironclad warship
War-era ironclads in existence in addition to the Cairo: USS Monitor, CSS Neuse, and CSS Muscogee. USS Cairo in her final resting place at Vicksburg National
USS_Cairo
Racing yacht; 1st winner of the America's Cup
signal flares to alert the rest of the fleet. The runner proved to be the CSS Georgiana, which was described as the most powerful Confederate cruiser then
America_(yacht)
Gunboat of the United States Navy
CSS Planter was a steamer taken over by Robert Smalls, a Southern slave and ship's pilot who steered the ship past Confederate defenses and surrendered
USS_Planter_(1860)
1861 ship of the Royal Navy
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
HMS_Defence_(1861)
US Navy sailing frigate, 1842–1862
frigate of the United States Navy. She was the first ship sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia. Cumberland began in the pages of a Congressional Act. Congress
USS_Cumberland_(1842)
Steamer in the Confederate States Navy
CSS Pamlico was a sidewheel steamer that served in the Confederate States Navy during the early stages of the American Civil War. Originally a passenger
CSS_Pamlico
Sidewheel steamer
CSS Carondelet was a sidewheel steamer that served in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Construction for the vessel started in
CSS_Carondelet
Steamboat
CSS Governor Moore was a schooner-rigged steamer in the Confederate States Navy. Governor Moore had been Southern S. S. Company's Charles Morgan, named
Governor_Moore_(gunboat)
Civil War gunboat
to avoid sinking. With no other support, Mound City was rammed by CSS Earl Van Dorn. The blow was so severe that her bow was almost wrenched off. She
USS_Mound_City
Gunboat of the United States Navy
Confederate service as CSS General Bragg at New Orleans, Louisiana 15 January 1862. She was converted to a "cottonclad" ram and renamed for General Braxton Bragg
USS_General_Bragg
US Navy vessel sunk in 1862
warship until the American Civil War, when she was sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia in the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1862. Congress was
USS_Congress_(1841)
Originally intended to be a ship of the line for the U.S. Navy
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
USS_Vermont_(1848)
Confederate gunboat of American Civil War
CSS Jackson was a gunboat of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1849 as Yankee, the fast side-wheel river
CSS_Jackson
Ship of the Confederate Navy in the American Civil War
CSS Curlew was an iron-hull North Carolina Sounds paddlewheel steamboat that was taken into the Confederate Navy in 1861. It was run aground at Fort Forrest
CSS_Curlew
Ship
Confederate River Defense Fleet was destroyed; all of its ships, except CSS General Earl Van Dorn, were either captured, sunk, or grounded to avoid capture. Memphis
USS_Lancaster_(1855)
American clipper ship
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
Northern_Light_(clipper)
CSS Fanny was a small propeller-driven steam tug used by the Confederate States Navy to defend the sounds of northeastern North Carolina in the American
CSS_Fanny
Confederate gunboat
CSS McRae was a Confederate gunboat that saw service during the American Civil War. Displacing around 680 tons, she was armed with one 9-inch (229 mm)
CSS_McRae
Steamboat
CSS Sea Bird was a sidewheel steamer in the Confederate States Navy. Sea Bird was built at Keyport, New Jersey in 1854, was purchased by North Carolina
CSS_Sea_Bird
First ironclad of the US Navy, 1861–1862
command of Lieutenant John L. Worden, where she fought the casemate ironclad CSS Virginia (built on the hull of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack)
USS_Monitor
Gunboat of the United States Navy
Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. June 25, 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 18 October 2016. "CSS Plymouth". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department,
USS_Plymouth_(1844)
Hospital steamship of the American Civil War
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
USS_Red_Rover
Gunboat of the United States Navy
destroy two Confederate artillery guns which were impeding the advance of General William Tecumseh Sherman's right flank. Between Cincinnati and the two
USS_Cincinnati_(1861)
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
commission until 1829, when she became the flagship of William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, under Northesk's flag captain, Edward Hawker, at Devonport (aka
HMS_St_Vincent_(1815)
Confederate submarine from the American Civil War
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
Pioneer_(submarine)
Floating battery of the Confederate States Navy
CSS New Orleans was a floating battery used by the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Converted from a floating drydock in 1861, she
CSS_New_Orleans
CSS Ellis (later USS Ellis) was a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy and the United States Navy during the American Civil War. It was lost during
CSS_Ellis
Gunboat of the United States Navy
sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. During the Civil War, she destroyed the CSS Governor Moore and served in blockade operations. She was attached to the
USS_Oneida_(1861)
Gunboat during the American Civil War that sank off the Bahamas
Washington, D.C. that the British-built screw steamer Oreto — later known as the CSS Florida — had arrived at the island of New Providence and, although constructed
USS_Adirondack_(1862)
Gunboat of the Confederate States Navy
CSS Forrest was a wooden-hulled Confederate gunboat that saw action in the North Carolina sounds in 1861 to 1862. Despite being considered "worn out"
CSS_Forrest
Confederate two-masted schooner
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved August 26, 2025. "CSS Black Warrior". Nautilus Productions. Retrieved March 22, 2016. "Weekly listing"
CSS_Black_Warrior
US ship in its Civil War
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USS_Brockenborough
US revenue cutter ship (1837–1861)
Treasury, as chief clerk to the 6th Auditor, as First Assistant Postmaster General of the United States, and as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Authorized
Washington_(1837_ship)
Confederate River Defense Fleet was destroyed; all of its ships, except the Van Dorn, were either captured, sunk, or grounded. Mingo and Lioness, ordered to
USS_Mingo_(1862)
American passenger and package freighter ship
collision with an unknown vessel in Buffalo. In May 1872, while loaded with general merchandise, Merchant struck an obstruction off Bar Point, near Amherstburg
SS_Merchant
Sloops-of-war of the United States Navy
placed in service with the Confederate States Navy as the floating battery CSS Germantown before again being scuttled in 1862. Germantown was launched at
USS_Germantown_(1846)
CSS Grampus was a stern-wheel river steamer built in 1856 at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, for civilian employment. Taken by the Confederate Army in early
CSS_Grampus
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PS_Iona_(1855)
American Civil War-era steam ship
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USS_R._B._Forbes
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
USS_Bainbridge_(1842)
19th-century American steamship
turpentine for Nassau, Bahamas. On January 31, Confederate ironclads CSS Palmetto State and CSS Chicora made a dash out of Charleston Harbor into the midst of
USS_Memphis_(1862)
Union navy gunboat steamer in the American Civil War
While there she joined three other ships in engaging Confederate steamer CSS Patrick Henry and drove her back up stream. A month later Flag Officer Louis
USS_Isaac_N._Seymour
Gunboat of the United States Navy
vessels past the Confederate position. On July 15, the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas made a run through Farragut's fleet to Vicksburg. Sidney C. Jones
USS_Sidney_C._Jones
Gunboat of the United States Navy
Hampton Roads, On 29 December 1861, Whitehall and eight other steamers engaged CSS Sea Bird in the roads shortly after the Confederate steamer had captured
USS_Whitehall
Sidewheel, American Civil War
USS Lancaster pursued General Earl Van Dorn down the Mississippi and up the Yazoo River, the Confederates burning General Earl Van Dorn below Yazoo City,
USS_Monarch
Battle of the American Civil War
and began the occupation of Baton Rouge. During the summer, Major General Earl Van Dorn, commander of Confederate forces east of the Mississippi, resisted
Battle_of_Baton_Rouge_(1862)
1853 British tea clipper
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Lord_of_the_Isles_(clipper)
Steamboat
CSS George Page, a 410-ton sidewheel steamship, was originally built as a transport at Washington, D.C. in 1853. She was attached to the Quartermaster's
CSS_George_Page
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USS_Noble_(1861)
Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Earl Van Dorn Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Polk "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool
List of shipwrecks in June 1862
List_of_shipwrecks_in_June_1862
George Pickett Edmund Kirby Smith Gustavus Woodson Smith J.E.B. Stuart Earl Van Dorn Joseph Wheeler The land of Davy Crockett and Andrew Jackson, the state
Military leadership in the American Civil War
Military_leadership_in_the_American_Civil_War
Gunboat of the United States Navy
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USS_Tigress_(1861)
1853 sailing ship built by William H. Webb
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Young_America_(clipper)
1853 clipper ship
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
Sweepstakes_(clipper)
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
USS_Potomac_(1861)
Tugboat of the United States Navy
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
USS_Sallie_Wood
Times. No. 24271. London. 13 June 1862. col. C-D, p. 6. Gaines, p. 125. "General Intelligence". Bradford Observer. Vol. 29, no. 1480. Bradford. 5 June 1862
List of shipwrecks in May 1862
List_of_shipwrecks_in_May_1862
American politician and Confederate Army general (1809–1867)
the Confederacy appointed Major-General Earl Van Dorn as overall commander of the Trans-Mississippi district. Van Dorn reunited Price's and McCulloch's
Sterling_Price
Union schooner during the American Civil War
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USS_Maria_J._Carlton
Ship of the line of the French Navy
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
French_ship_Centaure_(1818)
Military unit
Yankees. General Earl Van Dorn alone escaped. She fled to safety up the Yazoo River, only to be burned (somewhat unintentionally) on 26 June. {Ex CSS} USS
River_Defense_Fleet
American Civil War steamship
Caballo bar leading into Matagorda Bay, the ship was captured by Colonel Earl Van Dorn and members of two Galveston militia units, the Wigfall Guards and the
Star_of_the_West
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USS_New_England_(1861)
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
USS_Peri
1862 battle of the American Civil War
significant military activity in Missouri throughout 1861, Major General Earl Van Dorn of the Confederate States Army formed the Army of the West in early
Battle_of_St._Charles
Gunboat of the United States Navy
brig, and converted to steam in 1859. She was purchased from her owner, Mr. Van Santvoord, at New York on 10 September 1861. Her first commanding officer
USS_Henry_Andrew
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
SS_Mona's_Queen_(1852)
CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner
USS_Timor
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