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Armstrong, a 230-foot-long iron side-wheel steamship, was built at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1864. Owned by the firm Crenshaw and Company, she successfully ran the Federal blockade of the Confederacy's Atlantic ports five times during the last four months of 1864. On 4 December of that year, while attempting to come out of Wilmington, North Carolina, she was captured by the U.S. Navy ships R.R. Cuyler, Gettysburg, Mackinaw and Montgomery.
This page features our only view of the blockade runner Armstrong.
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Photo #: NH 57273 Blockade runner Armstrong 19th Century photograph of a painting. Armstrong was captured on 4 December 1864 off Wilmington, North Carolina. Note Confederate flags flown at the steamer's forepeak and stern. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 440 pixels Note: One qualified authority believes that this painting actually depicts the blockade runner Ella (captured 1 December 1864), rather than the Armstrong. |
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