Built in Pennsylvania in 1855
Sovereign -- a side wheel steamer built in 1855 at Shpusetown, Pennsylvania -- operated on the Mississippi River and its tributaries during the years preceding the Civil War.
She was acquired by the Confederacy in 1861 and served as a transport on the same river system.
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