From collection Ed Coffin Collection
Ex-Confederate 'cigar steamer' at Washington Navy yard in 1866.
Ex-Confederate 'cigar steamer' at Washington Navy yard in 1866. Image is probably taken from a well known steoreopticon card. Image found on-line in two places. Navsource Online identifies as ex-CSS DAVID (www.navsource.org/archives/09/86/86512.htm). Civil War Talk has extensive 'rivet counting' conversation about possible id of vessel - see http://civilwartalk.com/threads/rebel-cigar-steamer-at-washington-navy-yard-1866.130825/
