is one light-draught gunboat, of 1,200 tons displacement, to cost not more than $400,000. This fine example of frugality thus just escapes stopping new authorizations altogether. View Full Article ...

U.S. GUNBOAT CONESTOGA, TENNESSEE RIVER, Feb. 10, 1862 ... having on the way destroyed a small amount of camp equipage, abandoned by the fleeing rebels. The draw of the bridge was found closed ...