- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- USS Water Witch
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
- Date of Original:
- 1909
- Subject:
- History
Archaeology - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The USS Water Witch, a wooden-hulled side-wheel gunboat, was used by the Union navy during the Civil War to blockade the Georgia coast. In June 1864 the ship was captured by Confederate raiders, who burned it six months later to prevent its recapture by Union general William T. Sherman's troops.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/uss-water-witch/m-11169/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
