Sinking of the CSS "Nashville (Rattlesnake)"

In July 1862 the CSS 'Nashville', Capt. Baker, ran the Union blockade and entered Savanah via Wilmington River with a cargo of arms. Loaded with cotton for Europe, she attempted to escape via Ossabaw Sound. thwarted by the vigilance of the blockading squadron, she was withdrawn up Great Ogeechee River and refitted as a raider. Renamed 'Rattlesnake', her silhouette was lowered, and she received heavier guns. In February 1863, ready for sea, she dropped downriver to Fort McAllister to plan her escape. On the 27th, she was forced to retire upstream upon approach of the armored monitor 'Montauk', Comdr. J.L. Worden, USN, and ran aground in Seven Mile Reach a short distance above the fort.