The Teazer, a Confederate blockade runner, had in the beginning the only 12 pound bow gun. She encountered the USS Monitor and the USS Maratanza on the James River, on July 4, 1862. A shot from the Maratanza pierced her boiler and her crew was forced to desert her.Fast steamboats were used to break the federal blockade of the Confederacy, bringing a sought after cargo of cotton and military supplies. This one, identified as the "Teazer" in the Libarary of Congress, was photographed having been intercepted off Wilmington.Teazer Papercraft
The Teazer, a Confederate blockade runner, had in the beginning the only 12 pound bow gun. She encountered the USS Monitor and the USS Maratanza on the James River, on July 4, 1862. A shot from the Maratanza pierced her boiler and her crew was forced to desert her.Fast steamboats were used to break the federal blockade of the Confederacy, bringing a sought after cargo of cotton and military supplies. This one, identified as the "Teazer" in the Libarary of Congress, was photographed having been intercepted off Wilmington.
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