Cairo (Gunboat)
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Cairo (Gunboat)
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Built at Mound City, Illinois, commissioned January 16, 1862; named for Cairo, Illinois; mission was to engage Confederate gunboats on inland rivers; sunk by mine on Yazoo River near Vicksburg, December 12, 1862; discovered 1956; raised 1964; museum opened at Vicksburg Military Park, 1980; restoration completed, 1984.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/154761584
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79135038
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Mississippi--Vicksburg
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Vicksburg (Miss.)
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Vicksburg National Military Park (Miss.)
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Mississippi
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