USS New Era (1862)
USS New Era (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. New Era was also a name initially carried (until 1861) by a timberclad (later ironclad) USS Essex.
Read more about USS New Era (1862): Commissioned At St. Louis, Missouri, in 1862, Mississippi River Operations, Post-war Decommissioning and Sale, See Also
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