page_title: CSS Louisiana
hierarchical_section_title: CSS Louisiana
caption_attribution_description: English: The Confederate Ironclad CSS Louisiana on the way to Fort St. Philip.
context_page_description: CSS Louisiana was a casemate ironclad of the Confederate States Navy built to aid in defending the lower Mississippi River from invasion by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She took part in one major action of the war, the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and when that ended disastrously for the Confederacy, she was destroyed by her crew.
context_section_description: CSS Louisiana was a casemate ironclad of the Confederate States Navy built to aid in defending the lower Mississippi River from invasion by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She took part in one major action of the war, the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and when that ended disastrously for the Confederacy, she was destroyed by her crew.
caption: CSS Louisiana on the way to Fort St. Philip
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