CSS Arkansas

CSS Arkansas was an ironclad ram of the Confederate States Navy named after the State of Arkansas. Arkansas is most noted for her actions in the Western Theater, when she steamed through a United States Navy fleet at Vicksburg on July 15, 1862, during the American Civil War. She was set on fire and destroyed by her crew after her engines broke down on August 6. Her remains lie under a levee near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

CSS Arkansas

CSS Arkansas was an ironclad ram of the Confederate States Navy named after the State of Arkansas. Arkansas is most noted for her actions in the Western Theater, when she steamed through a United States Navy fleet at Vicksburg on July 15, 1862, during the American Civil War. She was set on fire and destroyed by her crew after her engines broke down on August 6. Her remains lie under a levee near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.