Browsing by Subject "Westfield"
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(2013-05-30)In the early hours of 1 January 1863, USS Westfield grounded hard in the sand off the northeast side of Pelican Spit in Galveston Bay, Texas. The gunboat was building up steam to cut off two Confederate cottonclads before ...
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(2016-12-09)This dissertation reconstructs the former Union Navy Gunboat USS Westfield. Westfield belonged to an unusual class of civilian vessels that the Navy converted during wartime to serve in the Union's blockade of Confederate ...