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| Ship country = Confederate States
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| Ship name = ''Webb''
| Ship namesake = [[William Henry Webb]]
| Ship operator = *[[Confederate States Army]]
*[[Confederate States Navy]]
| Ship builder = [[William Henry Webb]], [[New York City]]<ref>Gaines, W. Craig. ''Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks''. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-8071-3274-6}}, p.75</ref>
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[[File:The Webb Running the Blocade, by William Lindsey Challoner.jpg|thumb|left|The Webb Running the Blockade, by William Lindsey Challoner]]
[[File:USS Indianola blown up.jpg|thumb|302x302px|The [[CSS Queen of the West|CSS ''Queen of the West'']] destroys the [[USS Indianola|''Indianola'']], there is also the ''Webb'' and the [[Black Terror (ship)|''Black Terror'']].]]
'''CSS ''Webb''''', a 655-ton side-wheel [[Naval ram#Steam rams|steam ram]], was originally built in [[New York City]] in 1856 as the civilian steamship ''William H. Webb''. She received a Confederate privateer's commission at New Orleans in May 1861, but was instead employed as a transport until January 1862. Converted to a "[[Cottonclad warship|cotton clad]]" ram by the Confederate Army, thereafter served on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] and [[Red River of the South|Red]] Rivers. On February 24, 1863, under the command of Captain Charles Pierce, she participated in the sinking of the Federal ironclad {{USS|Indianola|1862|6}}. ''Webb'' was transferred to the Confederate Navy in early 1865.<ref>[[#scharf|Scharf, 1886]], pp. 357-358</ref><ref>[[#stern|Stern, 1962]], p. 133</ref>
On April 23–24, 1865, under the command of Charles S. Read, ''Webb'' broke through the Federal blockade at the mouth of the Red River, Louisiana, and made a dramatic run down the Mississippi toward the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. After eluding several [[United States Navy]] vessels and passing [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], she was confronted by the powerful steam [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] {{USS|Richmond|1860|6}}. Rather than face the veteran ship's broadside, the ''Webb'' was run ashore and destroyed by her crew.<ref>[[#stern|Stern, 1962]], pp. 140-141</ref>

==See also==
* [[Blockade runners of the American Civil War]]
* [[List of ships of the Confederate States Navy]]
* [[River Defense Fleet|Confederate River Defense Fleet]]
* [[Mississippi River campaigns]]
* [[Red River Campaign]]

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book |last=Stern |first=Philip Van Doren |title=The Confederate Navy |publisher=Doubleday & Company |year=1962 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAUJAQAAIAAJ |ref=stern}}
*{{cite book |title=History of the Confederate States Navy |last=Scharf |first=John Thomas |author-link=John Thomas Scharf |year=1886 |ref=scharf }}
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