Two ships in the

Confederate Navy The Confederate States Navy (CSN) was the naval branch of the Confederate States Armed Forces, established by an act of the Confederate States Congress on February 21, 1861. It was responsible for Confederate naval operations during the American ...

were named CSS ''Nashville'' in honor of Nashville, Tennessee. * was a steamer, seized in 1861. She was a blockade runner, renamed ''Thomas L. Wragg'' and later commissioned as the privateer ''Rattlesnake'' and destroyed in 1863 * was a large side-wheel steam ironclad built in 1863

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