Wilson burns the Columbus navy yard and ironclad
April 16, 1865, Columbus, Georgia.
- Date
- April 16, 1865
- Where
- Columbus, Georgia
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 170 of 174
Columbus was second only to Richmond in industrial support for the war and had a major naval construction yard on the Chattahoochee. Wilson's troopers stormed the upper bridge from Girard at night. On April 17 they burned and sank the ironclad Muscogee and destroyed Port Columbus, and the Confederates scuttled the CSS Chattahoochee.
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