Shreveport ironclad yard (CSS Missouri)
Naval works, Shreveport, Louisiana.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Naval works
- Where
- Shreveport, Louisiana
- Years
- 1862-1865
SHREVEPORT IRONCLAD YARD
The Confederate Navy contracted for ironclads here in November 1862. CSS Missouri, launched on April 14, 1863, was armored with railroad T-rails. She surrendered on June 3, 1865, the last Confederate ironclad to do so.
Then
The Confederate Navy contracted for ironclads at Shreveport in November 1862. CSS Missouri was launched on April 14, 1863, armored with railroad T-rails. Shreveport was also headquarters of the Trans-Mississippi Department.
Missouri surrendered on June 3, 1865, the last Confederate ironclad to do so. The Trans-Mississippi Department surrendered on May 26, 1865.
Now
Lines owned by Union Pacific run through Shreveport today.