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R.C. Wood
ex
 City of Louisiana

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Civil War Campaign Medal

Sidewheel Steamer/Hospital Boat
  • Built in 1857 at Madison, IN.
  • Completed at St. Louis, MO. as City of Louisiana
  • Owned by Keokuk Packet Co., and ran between St. Louis and Keokuk
  • Acquired by the US Sanitary Commission Western Medical Department March 1862 for use as a floating hospital
  • Rebuilt as a Hospital Boat by the Sanitary Commission, renamed R.C. Wood for the Assistant Surgeon General of the Army
  • Turned over to the Union (US Army) in 1863 for use on the Mississippi River and tributaries
  • R.C. Wood was present at Island No. 10, Pittsburg Landing and Shiloh
  • Retired from US Army service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
  • Displacement unknown
  • Length 255.0'
  • Beam 34.0'
  • Extreme Width including paddlewheels unknown
  • Draft unknown
  • Speed unknown
  • Patient Capacity unknown
  • Medical Staff unknown
  • Crew size unknown
    Propulsion: Machinery Removed
    boiler(s)
    steam engine(s)
    two Sidewheels
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    City of Louisiana
    30081901    		 102k City of Louisiana tied to a riverbanks, date and locations unknown
    Data from University of Wisconsin-Madison La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photograph Collection    		 John Spivey
    City of Louisiana
    30081902    		 89k
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