USS Sidney C. Jones (1861)

USS Sidney C. Jones (1861) was a 254-ton schooner purchased by the Union Navy during the first year of the American Civil War. The Navy outfitted Sidney C. Jones with a heavy 13-inch mortar, for use in bombardment, and assigned her to operations on the Mississippi River where Union forces were attempting to obtain control of the river in order to split the Confederate States of America in two.

USS Sidney C. Jones (1861)

USS Sidney C. Jones (1861) was a 254-ton schooner purchased by the Union Navy during the first year of the American Civil War. The Navy outfitted Sidney C. Jones with a heavy 13-inch mortar, for use in bombardment, and assigned her to operations on the Mississippi River where Union forces were attempting to obtain control of the river in order to split the Confederate States of America in two.