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Confederate gunboat Ironclad to join museum in Columbus
The Ironclad, scuttled by Union troops in April 1865 and salvaged from the Chattahoochee River, will be towed to Columbus to become the centerpiece of a Confederate Naval Museum alongside other river relics. The 200-foot vessel broke in two when sunk and was reassembled after months of work by the 56th Army Engineer Battalion.
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Columbus. Ga
Chattahoochee River
56Th Army Engineer Battalion