The first of four ships named Milledgeville was the Confederate ship the CSS Milledgeville. Built for war, it was a steam-powered iron-clad sloop weighing some 1,000 tons, 175 feet long and 35 feet across. Its armor was to have been impressive: in addition to six inches of "Casemate" iron sheeting, the vessel would have had two 7 inch and two 6.4 inch cast iron Brooks rifles protruding from the armored housing.
Bulloch History with Roger Allen - Civil War vessel, 3 others, called Milledgeville
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