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'''CSS''' '''''George Page''''', a 410-ton sidewheel [[steamship]], was originally built as a transport at [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1853.

She was attached to the Quartermaster's Department of the [[United States Army]], until captured by the [[Confederate States|Confederates]] at nearby [[Aquia Creek]], [[Virginia]] in May 1861, when she became a part of the [[Virginia State Navy|Virginia Navy]]. In June 1861 Virginia transferred her vessels to the [[Confederate States Navy]] and ''George Page'', commanded by [[Lieutenant]] [[Charles Carroll Simms]], CSN, was fitted out for river defense service, and sometime later renamed ''City of Richmond''. Her upper works may have been removed at this time.

She operated in the [[Potomac River]] in the vicinity of [[Quantico Creek]]. On July 7, 1861, she was damaged by gunfire from [[USS Pocahontas (1852)|USS ''Pocahontas'']]. ''George Page'' was destroyed by her crew upon abandonment of the Evansport batteries on March 9, 1862.

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[[Category:Ships built in Washington, D.C.]]
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[[Category:Shipwrecks in rivers]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in March 1862]]
[[Category:Scuttled vessels]]


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