She didn't have enough power to maneuver and effectively trade artillery rounds with enemy vessels in the swift Savannah River. Instead, the locally produced CSS Georgia, a one-of-a-kind ironclad produced for the Confederacy during the Civil War, became a stationary floating battery, bristling with artillery pieces.
She did her job.
The Yankees, intent on taking Savannah, Georgia, refused to take on the CSS Georgia or other nearby defense obstructions.
The CSS Georgia won the
battle, but lost the war: The vessel was scuttled in December 1864
shortly before Union forces took Savannah and presented the city to
President Abraham Lincoln as a Christmas present. The shipwreck has
rested in the murky river since, rarely disturbed and having weathered
the indignity of being hit during dredging a couple of times over the
years.
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