Record #:

29195

Author(s):

Worthington, Pepper

Abstract:

The C.S.S. Neuse was a Confederate ship that grounded on a sandbar of the Neuse River near Kinston on April 23, 1864. To keep the Union troops from using the Neuse vessel, it was set afire with an explosion that blasted a hole in the port side. The remains of the Neuse are on display in Kinston.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 2, Mar/Apr 1979, p30-31, il, map

Subject(s):

CSS NEUSE (Ironclad); North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Historic sites--Kinston