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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: 1859 in rail transport, 1859 ships, Bridges completed in 1859, Pool Forge Covered Bridge, USS De Soto, Royal Albert Bridge, USS Wyoming, USRC Harriet Lane, USS Arizona, SY Gondola, USS Red Rover, USS Iroquois, Victoria Bridge, USS William G. Anderson, USS Valley City, Cathedral Bridge, USS Mohican, USS Pawnee, USS Little Rebel, USS Morse, USS Seminole, USS New London, USS Saginaw, French ironclad Gloire, USS Pensacola, Waldshut-Koblenz Rhine Bridge, CSS Black Warrior, USS Hendrick Hudson, USS Dacotah, CSS Florida, Schooner Virjen de Covadonga, Conowingo Bridge, Ledyard Bridge, USS Commodore Perry, Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge, Greyhound class sloop, HMS Victoria, USS Fox, USS J. C. Kuhn, USS Daylight, Hamden Bridge, USS Commodore Barney, USS Narragansett, USS Philadelphia, USS T. D. Horner, HMS Charybdis, USC&GS Matchless, USS Champion, CSS Grand Duke, USS Ethan Allen, Rory O'More Bridge, List of ship launches in 1859. Excerpt: USS De Soto was a fast wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that saw service as a U.S. Navy gunboat during the American Civil War. De Soto was originally a privately-owned vessel, built for passenger service between New York and New Orleans. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, she was purchased by the Navy, commissioned as USS De Soto, and sent to assist with the blockade of Confederate ports. De Sotos speed made her an effective pursuit ship, and she would capture or bring about the destruction of a total of eighteen blockade runners during the war. In the postwar period, De Soto continued to serve with the Navy, mostly in South American waters, until resold to her original owners in 1868 for resumption of service as a passenger ship. She caught fire and was burned to the waterline in December 1870. De Soto was built by Lawrence & Foulks of Brooklyn, New York in 1859 for Livingston, Crocheron...
