Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville Marker

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Richmond Hill in Bryan County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville

By Mike Stroud, May 2008

1. Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville Marker

Inscription. The swift Confederate blockade runner Nashville ( renamed Rattlesnake was destroyed by the monitor Montauk, February 28, 1863, after she went aground on a sandbar in a hairpin bend of the Ogeechee River. The engagement was a three- way battle with the guns of the fort ( McAllister) firing on the Montauk and the Montauk concentrating on the Nashville. The wreck of the Nashville lies in the direction of the arrow, approximately 1200 yards.

Erected 1963 by Georgia Historical Commission.

Location. 31° 53.39′ N, 81° 11.939′ W. Marker is in Richmond Hill, Georgia, in Bryan County. Marker can be reached from Fort McAllister Road. Click for map. Located at the Fort McAllister State Park and Historic Site. Marker is in this post office area: Richmond Hill GA 31324, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. C.S.S. Nashville (here, next to this marker); Sinking of the CSS ''Nashville(Rattlesnake)" (a few steps from this marker); Fort McAllister Naval Bombardments (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort McAllister The Assault From The Rear (within shouting distance of this marker); Capt. John McCrady (within shouting distance of this marker); Major John B. Gallie (within shouting distance of this marker); Tom Cat (within shouting distance of this marker); Machinery From The C.S.S. Nashville (about 400 feet away, in a direct line). Click for a list of all markers in Richmond Hill.

Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville Marker and assorted parts Photo, Click for full size

By Mike Stroud, 2008

2. Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville Marker and assorted parts

Also see . . . Naval Historical Center home page. CSS Nashville (1861-1862) (Submitted on September 14, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

The C.S.S. Nashville Photo, Click for full size

3. The C.S.S. Nashville

The Nashville was a 1221-ton side-wheel steamer built in New York. She was converted to blockade runner by the Confederacy in 1861. Later she was rated a "privateer." Her destruction here at Fort McAllister proved Savannah's waterways were no haven, even under the fort's guns.

[From the U.S. Navy Historical Center Collection]

USS Montauk a Passaic Class Monitor Photo, Click for full size

4. USS Montauk a Passaic Class Monitor

The Montauk was a 1335-ton Passaic Class monitor. Ironically, built she was built at close to the same yards the Nashville had been built before the war. The Montauk later participated in an April 7, 1863 bombardment of Charleston, S.C. At the end of the war, the ship was used by a party examining John Wilkes Booth's body.