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CSS AppomattoxConfederate States
NameAppomattox
Launched1850, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CommissionedNorfolk, 1861
HomeportPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
FateBurned on February 10, 1862
General characteristics
Tons burthen120 tons
Length86 ft (26 m)
Beam20.5 ft (6.2 m)
Draft?
Propulsionsteam engine, 1 propeller
Speed?
Complement?
Armament2 guns: 1 bow 32-pounder gun, 1 stern howitzer.

CSS Appomattox was a small propeller-driven steamer used early in the war by the Confederate Navy to defend the sounds of northeastern North Carolina. After participating in the battle for Roanoke Island, it was burned to prevent capture on February 10, 1862, near Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

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