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An engraving of the burning of the CSS Webb is one of the few known images of the vessel History Confederate States Name Webb Namesake William Henry Webb Operator Confederate States Army Confederate States Navy Builder William Henry Webb, New York City[1] Launched 1856 Acquired May 1861 Commissioned 1865 Fate Burned to avoid capture, April 1865 General characteristics Type Side-wheel River Steamer Displacement 655 tons

The Webb Running the Blockade, by William Lindsey Challoner

The [CSS *Queen of the West*](/source/CSS_Queen_of_the_West) destroys the [*Indianola*](/source/USS_Indianola), there is also the *Webb* and the [*Black Terror*](/source/Black_Terror_(ship)).

**CSS *Webb***, a 655-ton side-wheel [steam ram](/source/Naval_ram#Steam_rams), was originally built in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) in 1856 as the civilian steamship *William H. Webb*. She received a Confederate privateer's commission at New Orleans in May 1861, but was instead employed as a transport until January 1862. Converted to a "[cotton clad](/source/Cottonclad_warship)" ram by the Confederate Army, thereafter served on the [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi_River) and [Red](/source/Red_River_of_the_South) Rivers. On February 24, 1863, under the command of Captain Charles Pierce, she participated in the sinking of the Federal ironclad [USS *Indianola*](/source/USS_Indianola). *Webb* was transferred to the Confederate Navy in early 1865.[2][3] On April 23–24, 1865, under the command of Charles S. Read, *Webb* broke through the Federal blockade at the mouth of the Red River, Louisiana, and made a dramatic run down the Mississippi toward the [Gulf of Mexico](/source/Gulf_of_Mexico). After eluding several [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) vessels and passing [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans%2C_Louisiana), she was confronted by the powerful steam [sloop](/source/Sloop-of-war) [USS *Richmond*](/source/USS_Richmond_(1860)). Rather than face the veteran ship's broadside, the *Webb* was run ashore and destroyed by her crew.[4]

## See also

- [Blockade runners of the American Civil War](/source/Blockade_runners_of_the_American_Civil_War)

- [List of ships of the Confederate States Navy](/source/List_of_ships_of_the_Confederate_States_Navy)

- [Confederate River Defense Fleet](/source/River_Defense_Fleet)

- [Mississippi River campaigns](/source/Mississippi_River_campaigns)

- [Red River Campaign](/source/Red_River_Campaign)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Gaines, W. Craig. *Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks*. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2008. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8071-3274-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8071-3274-6), p.75

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Scharf, 1996](#scharf), pp. 357-358

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Stern, 1962](#stern), p. 133

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Stern, 1962](#stern), pp. 140-141

## Sources

- Stern, Philip Van Doren (1962). [*The Confederate Navy*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bAUJAQAAIAAJ). Doubleday & Company.

- [Scharf, J. Thomas](/source/John_Thomas_Scharf) (1887). [*History of the Confederate States Navy*](https://archive.org/stream/cu31924032779609/). New York: Rogers & Sherwood.

- *This article incorporates text from the [public domain](/source/Public_domain)*[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships](/source/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships)*.*

v t e Cottonclad rams of the Confederate States Navy Colonel Lovell General Beauregard General Bragg General Earl Van Dorn General Lovell General M. Jeff Thompson General Sumter General Sterling Price Governor Moore Little Rebel Queen of the West Stonewall Jackson Webb List of ships of the Confederate States Navy

v t e Ships built by William H. Webb Clippers Comet Swordfish Young America Warships Harriet Lane Jamestown Connecticut Re d'Italia Re di Portogallo Dunderberg General Admiral Alabama Augusta Paddleships Golden Gate Central America Webb James Adger Patrick Henry Bristol Providence Packet ships Helena Charles H. Marshall Harvest Queen 133 ships total, only ships with articles listed

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1865 Shipwrecks 1 Jan: San Jacinto 12 Jan: CSS Columbia 15 Jan: Patapsco 24 Jan: CSS Drewry 24 Jan: CSS Scorpion 26 Jan: Dai Ching c. Jan: Lelia 6 Feb: Favorita 15 Feb: Merrimac 18 Feb: CSS Charleston 18 Feb: CSS Chicora 18 Feb: CSS Indian Chief 18 Feb: CSS Palmetto State 18 Feb: CSS Peedee 18 Feb: Daring 25 Feb: CSS Chickamauga 27 Feb: Arizona 1 Mar: Harvest Moon 2 Mar: CSS Rob Roy 12 Mar: Althea 14 Mar: CSS Neuse 28 Mar: Milwaukee 29 Mar: Osage Mar: CSS Spray 1 Apr: Bertrand 1 Apr: Rodolph 3 Apr: CSS Beaufort 3 Apr: CSS Fredericksburg 3 Apr: CSS Hampton 3 Apr: CSS Patrick Henry 3 Apr: CSS Richmond 3 Apr: CSS Roanoke 3 Apr: CSS Virginia II 12 Apr: CSS Huntsville 12 Apr: CSS Tuscaloosa 13 Apr: USS Ida 14 Apr: Sciota 17 Apr: CSS Chattahoochee 17 Apr: CSS Jackson 22 Apr: Black Hawk 24 Apr: O. M. Pettit 24 Apr: CSS Webb 27 Apr: Sultana c. Apr: Rose 8 May: Glasgow 12 May: Fiery Star 20 May: City of Dunedin c. May: Race Horse 8 Jun: Admiral Du Pont 8 Jun: Jequitinhonha 28 Jun: Brunswick Jun: USS Bloomer 4 Jul: Agnes 30 Jul: Brother Jonathan 4 Aug: Smerch 9 Aug: Pewabic 18 Aug: Hugh Lindsay 23 Aug: Commodore McDonough 16 Sep: Lone Star 22 Sep: Pink 7 Oct: Duncan Dunbar 25 Oct: Republic 6 Nov: Jacob Bell 10 Nov: Patroon 13 Nov: Aenid 19 Nov: City of Launceston 27 Nov: Fairlie 3 Dec: Indian River 5 Dec: Neptune 16 Dec: USS New Ironsides 30 Dec: Huntress 31 Dec: Goldena Other incidents 4 Jan: HMS Cadmus 14 Jan: HMS Geyser 14 Jan: HMS Terrible 3 Mar: HMS Niger 13 Jul: HMS Eclipse 9 Aug: Ipswich 10 Oct: HMS Sepoy 10 Nov: HMS Bristol 1 Dec: HMS Research 20 Dec: Tararua Unknown: Ironsides ← 1864 1866 →

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