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	USS Galena (1862) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Galena, an ironclad screw steamer, was one of the first three ironclads, each of a different design, built by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
		Galena was detached from the James River Flotilla in September 1862 and assigned picket duty at Hampton Roads and Newport News, Virginia, until 21 May 1863 when she arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was decommissioned for repairs.
		Galena was recommissioned at Philadelphia on 29 March 1865 and reached Newport News, Virginia, on 2 April to serve the North Atlantic Squadron as a picket and patrol ship at the mouth of the Nansemond River and in the James River until her departure 6 June for Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Galena_(1862) (973 words)

	USS Galena
		Galena, one of the first three ironclads, each of a different design, built by the Union Navy during the Civil War, was towed from New York to arrive off Fortress Monroe, VA., 24 April and join Flag Officer L. Goldsborough's North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
		Galena was detached from the James River Flotilla in September 1862 and assigned picket duty at Hampton Roads and Newport News until 21 May 1863 when she arrived at Philadelphia and was decommissioned for repairs.
		Galena was a unit of Admiral Farragut's fleet in the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864.
	www.navyhistory.com /CWNavy/Galena.html (837 words)

	USN Ships--USS Galena (1862-1872)
		Commissioned in April 1862 as the second of the U.S. Navy's first three armored warships, she was immediately sent to Hampton Roads, Virginia, to join the Navy's pioneer ironclad Monitor in containing CSS Virginia.
		Galena served in the East Gulf Blockading Squadron in September-November 1864.
		USS Galena was broken up in 1872 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, where a new and somewhat larger Galena was built under the administrative fiction of repairing the original.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/galena.htm (842 words)

	List of ships of the United States Navy
		USS Enterprise (1775, 1776, 1799, 1831, 1874, CV-6, CVN-65)
		USS Shark (1821, 1861, SS-8, SP-534, SS-174, SS-314, SSN-591
		USS Somers (1813, 1842, 1898, DD-301, DD-381, DDG-34)
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_ships_of_the_united_states_navy.html (503 words)

	Civil War Warship Innovation
		Originally named USS Ironsides, the name was changed to USS New Ironsides only one month prior to her launching to avoid confusion with the wooden frigate USS Constitution’s nickname “Old Ironsides.” Classified as a frigate, she was intended to be a “blue-water” warship but rarely had her rigging in place during the war.
		USS New Ironsides, a first generation ironclad, was launched two months after the famous battle between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia in 1862, and served with distinction until the end of the Civil War.
		USS Eastport, a 570-ton ironclad river gunboat and ram, was originally built at New Albany, Indiana, in 1852 as a civilian side-wheel steamer.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/civil-war1.htm (4230 words)

	USS Galena (1862): Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Galena cleared her decks for action on 4 May and on 7 May when the dreaded Confederate ironclad Virginia (Virginia: more facts about this subject) briefly appeared.
		Recommissioned 15 February 1864, Galena stood down the river on 18 February for the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico: An arm of the Atlantic south of the United States and east of Mexico).
		Galena was a unit of Admiral David Farragut (David Farragut: more facts about this subject) 's fleet in the Battle of Mobile Bay (Battle of Mobile Bay: the battle of mobile bay was a naval battle of the american civil war that occurred...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/uss_galena_18622 (971 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		USS Galena, a 950-ton ironclad gunboat, was built at Mystic, Connecticut.
		Commissioned in April 1862 as the second of the U.S. Navy's first three armored warships, she was immediately sent to Hampton Roads, Virginia, to join the Navy's pioneer ironclad
		On 8 May, Galena attacked enemy shore batteries on the James River, part of an intended drive up the river to take Richmond, the Confederate capital city.
	taubmansonline.com /DMGALENA.htm (67 words)

	USS Galena
		It was one of three new ironclads commissioned by the U.S. government in 1861 to meet the threat of the Confederate’s new CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimac).
		The Galena was plated with multiple layers of one-half inch thick iron, but of the three ironclads it was the most lightly armored.
		Amazingly, the Galena was repaired, but in February of 1864 the iron plating was removed and she was re-commissioned as a wood-hulled ship.
	www.galenahistorymuseum.org /USSgalena.htm (940 words)

	USS Galena, 1862-1872 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The USS Galena a 950 ton ironclad was commission in April 1862 in Mystic Connecticut.
		This picture was taken soon after her fight at Drewry's Bluff on the James River on May 15 1862.
		In May of 1863, the Galena was sent to Philadelphia for a major overhaul.
	www.siegewar.com /Ironclads/usnavy/ussigalena.htm (126 words)

	USS Keokuk (1862): Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Her keel was laid down at New York City (New York City: The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center) by Charles W. Whitney, with the name Moodna (sometimes incorrectly spelled "Woodna").
		She got underway again on 17 March but returned to Hampton Roads (Hampton Roads: A naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac) for repairs when her port propeller fouled a buoy.
		With the Union formation scrambled, Keokuk was compelled to run ahead of crippled USS Nahant to avoid fouling her in the narrow channel.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/uss_keokuk_18622 (610 words)

	The Mariners' Museum - Monitor: History and Legacy
		On June 27, 1862, General McClellan boarded her for a reconnaissance mission to establish a new camp near Harrison's Landing.
		In July 1862 the Galena was used as protection for the daily movement of Army transports and supply ships up the James River.
		She was detached from the James River Flotilla in September 1862 and assigned to picket duty at Hampton Roads.
	www.mariner.org /monitor/08_legacy/class_monitor_2.html (385 words)

	Leatherneck Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From aboard USS Galena, Mackie returned fire on Confederate infantry dug in along the river bank.
		Galena had been outfitted with a light iron shell around her superstructure, but unlike the famous, new, heavily armored USS Monitor, she had no armor around the hull, leaving her waterline a liability.
		Because of her restrictive iron turret, USS Monitor was unable to elevate her guns high enough to have any effect on the enemy positions atop the bluff, so she fell behind Galena until the reduced angle was sufficient for her to engage.
	www.mca-marines.org /Leatherneck/mackiearch.htm (1882 words)

	USN Ships--USS Galena (1862-1872) -- Actions & Activities
		Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1862, page 337, depicting USS Galena at the head of the attacking force with USS Monitor off her starboard quarter.
		USS Brooklyn inside Mobile Bay after the action, "from a sketch made at the time", showing some of her battle damage.
		USS Galena is in the left background, and USS Itaska is at right.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/galena-k.htm (630 words)

	Ramparts to Topmast: Flags of Triumph & Despair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This segment of the Galena is all that remains of this ensign.
		The flag flew from the Galena’s stern during the Battle of Drewry’s Bluff.
		Following her commission in July of 1864, the USS Saco cruised the Atlantic Coast from Nova Scotia in Canada to Wilmington, North Carolina in search of Confederate raiders and blockade runners.
	www.portcolumbus.org /ramparts.htm (1030 words)

	What is the Revenue Marine/ Revenue Cutter Service, and What Role Did It Play in the Civil War
		USS Galena in the battle of Drury's Bluff.
		During the action her Parrott rifle burst and LT Constable was forced to withdraw the Stevens from the fight.
		USS Merrimack) was beached and destroyed by her crew at Craney Island.
	tmlha.exis.net /rcs.htm (1412 words)

	A Chronological History
		December 26, 1861: U.S. Marines from the sloop USS Dale skirmished with Confederate troops at the mouth of the South Edisto River, SC.
		January 31, 1862 - By the time General U. Grant, in command of the Federal Army of the West, was prepared to advance up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers in 1862, seven river gunboats were available to participate in the campaign, and a number of others were in the process of construction at St. Louis.
		July 17-18, 1862 - Twenty-eight U.S. Marines and sailors from the USS Grey Cloud, under 1/Lt. George Collier captured or destroyed a steamer and 2 schooners rumored to be loaded with cotton, and destroyed telegraphic communications between Pascagoula and Mobile.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Plains/4198/history.htm (5791 words)

	The Tidewater Maritime Living History Association
		During the battle of 8 March 1862, in which CSS Virginia destroyed the Federal warships Cumberland and Congress, Patrick Henry attempted to take the latter's surrender but was fired upon by shore batteries, suffered four crewmen killed and had to be towed out of action.
		After the destruction of the the Virginia, she was loaned to the Navy to participate in the unsuccessful sortie up the James River to Drewry's Bluff in company with the USS Monitor, USS Galena and two other gunboats, to attack the Confederate capital at Richmond.
		USS Dawn was a 399-ton screw steam gunboat, built in 1857 at New York for commercial use.
	tmlha.exis.net (2501 words)

	Sgt Grit's Marine Forum - Today in History....... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		15 May 1862: Corporal John Mackie, the first Marine to earn the Medal of Honor, was commended for service in the USS GALENA during action against Confederate shore batteries at Drewry's Bluff which blocked the James River approaches to Richmond.
		"On board the USS Galena in the attack on Fort Darling at Drewry's Bluff, James river, on May 15, 1862.
		After receiving his Medal of Honor on 10 July 1863, the Corporal was transferred to the Norfolk Navy Yard and was subsequently posted to the nine-gun sloop USS Seminole as "Orderly Sergeant in Charge." For the remainder of the war Mackie served aboard this ship.
	www.grunt.com /forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=47107 (373 words)

	Peninsula Campaign Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Congress and Cumberland Overlook: Scene of the March 8, 1862, sinking of the USS Cumberland and USS Congress by the ironclad ram, CSS Virginia.
		Gosport was captured by the Confederates on April 21, 1862.
		The fort was captured and partially destroyed on May 17, 1862, by the Union vessels USS Susquehanna, USS Minnesota, and the ironclad USS Galena.
	www.peninsulacampaign.org /sites.shtml (1097 words)

	Historical Documents -- CSS Virginia Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Letter to Brooke, March 5, 1862, regarding the shallowness of the eaves of the shield of the Virginia.
		Letter in the Examiner (April 3, 1862), dated March 29, 1862, asserting that his plans were used for the Virginia, in Brooke's 1891 SHSP article.
		Letter to Scientific American, March 15, 1862, re the ventilation of the Monitor, the cause behind her near sinking en route to Hampton Roads, and an assertion that the Monitor could support bigger guns that could sink the Virginia.
	cssvirginia.org /vacsn4/original (8946 words)

	Hackemer, Spring 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Its military and psychological impact aside, the Galena was an item purchased by the Navy from Bushnell and Company, and the status of the final payment on the ironclad's contract remained in doubt during the early summer months of 1862.
		Under an 1862 agreement, for example, the builders received six equal payments over the course of the contract, with 20 percent of each payment withheld pending a successful trial of the completed vessel and machinery.
		Smith to Samuel H. Pook, 12 February 1862, and Smith to Pook, 15 February 1862, ibid.; and Contract Ledger for Ironclads 1861–1862, Records of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, RG 71, entry 48, National Archives, Washington, D.C., p.
	205.67.218.5 /press/Review/1999/spring/art4-sp9.htm (9239 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Despite the fact that the French and British had already commissioned La Gloire and HMS Warrior, respectively, most American naval architects of the day considered the project impracticable.
		Laid down on October 25, 1861, and launched January 30, 1862, USS Monitor was commissioned on February 25 under Lieutenant John L. Worden.
		On December 29, USS Rhode Island towed her out of Hampton Roads bound for the blockade off Wilmington, North Carolina.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_061800_ussmonitor.htm (986 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On February 18, 1862, the blue eyed, brown hair Geer, standing at 5 feet 7 1/2 inches, enlisted as a first-class fireman in the Navy at New York City for a three-year term.
		By March, 1862, he was assigned to the USS Monitor, where he served as the fireman until the ship sank in a storm on December 31, 1862.
		He survived and went on to be assigned as third assistant engineer on January 19, 1863, to the USS Galena (parts of which were also made in Troy).
	www.themesh.com /his160.html (729 words)

	USS Galena
		See the index entry for the USS Galena in Volume 7, Series 1 of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies at Cornell's Making of America web site.
		Please see the entry for the USS Galena in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
		Received a Medal of Honor for the battle at Drewry's Bluff, 15 May 1862.
	cssvirginia.org /vacsn3/crew/galena (179 words)

	Authentic Campaigner Website & Forums - Whats in a name?
		John W. Shivers who enlisted at Ft. Boykin in Isle of Wright County in January, 1862; he was court-martialed January 6, 1864 and reduced to the rank of private.
		Lenius Barton Edwards enlisted on January 14, 1862 at Fort Boykin in Isle of Wright County.
		- In mid-May 1862, the fort was captured, and two magazines destroyed by federal forces utilizing the USS Susquehanna, USS Minnesota, and the ironclad USS Galena.
	www.authentic-campaigner.com /forum/printthread.php?t=2656 (2451 words)

	The Gibson Photo's
		In July, 1862, the USS Monitor was stationed in the James River helping to protect the flotilla of supply vessels that were supporting the Army of the Potomac.
		In the turret photo, Keeler pointed out dents in the ships armor from her engagement with the CSS Virginia on March 9, 1862*, but he neglected to note the cracked deck plating at the bottom right of the image.
		Newman, the Executive Officer, of the USS Galena is wearing civilian clothes and a straw hat (standing behind Dana Green).
	home.att.net /~iron.clad/gibson_photos.htm (1571 words)

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