A correspondent of the Memphis Appeal states that “the
Confederate Government is now constructing in New Orleans thirteen large iron
clad gunboats, one of which is intended for sea service and the rest for the
sea service and the river. The largest
is built by Murray, and is armed with thirty guns. The projector is confident that with it alone
he will be able to drive the Lincoln fleet from the Mississippi. They are finished by this time, and are now
probably on their way to Island No. 10.
They are encased with railroad iron, and are considered invulnerable.
– Published in The
Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, Wednesday, April 16, 1862
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