Title:
Mystic-built Albatross in the Civil War
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Albatross, Mystic built vessal
Vicksburg
Vicksburg
Object ID:
Kim02-085
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
10/20/1988
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
The Albatross was the second steamer built by the Greenmans in Mystic in 1858 for the Providence Commercial Steamboat Line. It became a prominent vessel, refitted as a gunboat, in preliminary campaigns to capture the city of Vicksburg during the Civil War. As a companion for his flagship Hartford, David Farragut chose the U.S.S. Albatross to pass the powerful Port Hudson batteries. The Albatross reflected credit on her Mystic builders and as late as 1915 was working as a barge homeported at Perth Amboy, N.J. Penguine was her sister ship.
People:
Grant, Gen.
Lincoln, Abraham
Welles, Gideon
Farragut, David
Banks, N. P. (Gen.)
Lincoln, Abraham
Welles, Gideon
Farragut, David
Banks, N. P. (Gen.)
Search Terms:
Albatross (vessel)
Mystic
Greenman shipyard
Adam's Point
steamers
gunboats
Providence Commercial Steamboat Line
Confederates
Union Army
Penguin (sister ship)
Hartford (flagship)
Mississippi (river)
Port Hudson
Vicksburg
Red River
Civil War
Perth Amboy
Mystic
Greenman shipyard
Adam's Point
steamers
gunboats
Providence Commercial Steamboat Line
Confederates
Union Army
Penguin (sister ship)
Hartford (flagship)
Mississippi (river)
Port Hudson
Vicksburg
Red River
Civil War
Perth Amboy