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CSS Neuse

This Day in NC History: Contract to build the Confederate ironclad CSS Neuse signed

Submitted by WWAY on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 11:13am.READ MORE:
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On October 17, 1862, the contract was signed to build the Confederate ironclad gunboat CSS Neuse. The vessel was needed to bolster southern naval defenses and to prevent Union occupation of the state’s sounds and estuaries. Full story...
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