CSS ''Grampus'' was a stern-wheel river steamer built in 1856 at

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, for civilian employment. Taken by the

Confederate Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighti ...

in early 1862, she served as a scout boat and transport on the

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. Late in March 1862, Captain Marsh Miller in command, she took an active part in the defense of Island No. 10 where the Confederates finally sank her to prevent capture, on 7 April. The Union Gunboat Flotilla set out to raise her during May 1862 and did so, but she is believed to be the ''Grampus No. 2'' which burned the following 11 January.

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Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: CSS ''Grampus''
Paddle steamers Merchant ships of the United States Ships of the Confederate States Navy Shipwrecks of the Mississippi River Shipwrecks of the American Civil War 1856 ships Ships built in Pennsylvania 1862 in the United States Maritime incidents in April 1862 Scuttled vessels Steamboats of the Mississippi River {{mil-ship-stub