File:USS General Sherman.jpg

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USS General Sherman (1864-1865, "Tinclad" # 60) At Bridgeport, Alabama, in 1864. Print provided by Dr. W.P. Beach, of Ovid, Clinton County, Michigan, some time prior to 1920. USS General Sherman, a 187-ton side-wheel "tinclad" river gunboat, was built in 1864 at Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the War Department. Turned over to the Navy and commissioned in July 1864, she spent most of her service on the Upper Tennessee River. In December 1864, while operating in support of U.S. Army forces, General Sherman engaged Confederate troops at Decatur, Alabama. She was returned to the War Department in June 1865.
Date 1864
date QS:P571,+1864-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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NH 61570
Source https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-61000/NH-61570.html

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13:16, 26 August 2007Thumbnail for version as of 13:16, 26 August 2007740 × 505 (110 KB)Kkmurray (talk | contribs)USS General Sherman (1864-1865, "Tinclad" # 60) USS General Sherman, a 187-ton side-wheel "tinclad" river gunboat, was built in 1864 at Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the War Department. Turned over to the Navy and commissioned in July 1864, she spent most

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