CSS General Beauregard
The General Beauregard (center right) rams the Monarch while other Confederate ships sink, burn, or run aground in the First Battle of Memphis. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Confederate States | |
| Name | General Beauregard |
| Namesake | General P.G.T. Beauregard |
| Launched | 1847 |
| Acquired | January 1862 |
| Commissioned | April 1862 |
| Fate | Sunk at action, 6 June 1862 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sidewheel steamer |
| Tonnage | 454 long tons (461 t) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, side wheels |
| Armament | 4 × 8 in (200 mm) guns |
CSS General Beauregard was a cottonclad sidewheel ram of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.
Built in Algiers, New Orleans Louisiana in 1847 as a towboat, the paddle steamer Ocean was selected in January 1862 by Capt. James E. Montgomery, former river steamboat master, for his River Defense Fleet. At New Orleans, on 25 January, Captain Montgomery began her conversion to a cotton-clad ram, installing 4-inch (100 mm) oak and 1-inch (25 mm) iron sheathing over her bow, with cotton bales sandwiched between double pine bulkheads to protect her boilers.