CAPT. CHARLES W. AUSTIN
Confederate Naval Hero and Designer of the First Ironclad
ONE OF THE MOST DARING AND HEROIC MEN IN THE CONFEDERATE NAVY WAS CAPT. CHARLES W. AUSTIN, FATHER OF CAPT. W. G. AUSTIN OF SAVANNAH. THE ELDER CAPT. AUSTIN WAS A RESIDENT OF SAVANNAH FOR A LONG TIME. HE WAS, JOINTLY WITH CAPT. JOHN A. STEVENSON, THE DESIGNER AND CONSTRUCTOR OF THE FIRST IRONCLAD EVER BUILT, THE CONFEDERATE RAM MANASSAS, WHICH HE COMMANDED. THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC ARE GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS IN IRONCLAD ARCHITECTURE, BUT IT IS NOT CORRECT HISTORY. BUT FOR THE MANASSAS, THE MERRIMAC WOULD PROBABLY NEVER HAVE BEEN BUILT.
Confederate Naval Hero and Designer of the First Ironclad
ONE OF THE MOST DARING AND HEROIC MEN IN THE CONFEDERATE NAVY WAS CAPT. CHARLES W. AUSTIN, FATHER OF CAPT. W. G. AUSTIN OF SAVANNAH. THE ELDER CAPT. AUSTIN WAS A RESIDENT OF SAVANNAH FOR A LONG TIME. HE WAS, JOINTLY WITH CAPT. JOHN A. STEVENSON, THE DESIGNER AND CONSTRUCTOR OF THE FIRST IRONCLAD EVER BUILT, THE CONFEDERATE RAM MANASSAS, WHICH HE COMMANDED. THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC ARE GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS IN IRONCLAD ARCHITECTURE, BUT IT IS NOT CORRECT HISTORY. BUT FOR THE MANASSAS, THE MERRIMAC WOULD PROBABLY NEVER HAVE BEEN BUILT.
CAPT. CHARLES W. AUSTIN
Confederate Naval Hero and Designer of the First Ironclad
ONE OF THE MOST DARING AND HEROIC MEN IN THE CONFEDERATE NAVY WAS CAPT. CHARLES W. AUSTIN, FATHER OF CAPT. W. G. AUSTIN OF SAVANNAH. THE ELDER CAPT. AUSTIN WAS A RESIDENT OF SAVANNAH FOR A LONG TIME. HE WAS, JOINTLY WITH CAPT. JOHN A. STEVENSON, THE DESIGNER AND CONSTRUCTOR OF THE FIRST IRONCLAD EVER BUILT, THE CONFEDERATE RAM MANASSAS, WHICH HE COMMANDED. THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC ARE GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS IN IRONCLAD ARCHITECTURE, BUT IT IS NOT CORRECT HISTORY. BUT FOR THE MANASSAS, THE MERRIMAC WOULD PROBABLY NEVER HAVE BEEN BUILT.
Confederate Naval Hero and Designer of the First Ironclad
ONE OF THE MOST DARING AND HEROIC MEN IN THE CONFEDERATE NAVY WAS CAPT. CHARLES W. AUSTIN, FATHER OF CAPT. W. G. AUSTIN OF SAVANNAH. THE ELDER CAPT. AUSTIN WAS A RESIDENT OF SAVANNAH FOR A LONG TIME. HE WAS, JOINTLY WITH CAPT. JOHN A. STEVENSON, THE DESIGNER AND CONSTRUCTOR OF THE FIRST IRONCLAD EVER BUILT, THE CONFEDERATE RAM MANASSAS, WHICH HE COMMANDED. THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC ARE GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS IN IRONCLAD ARCHITECTURE, BUT IT IS NOT CORRECT HISTORY. BUT FOR THE MANASSAS, THE MERRIMAC WOULD PROBABLY NEVER HAVE BEEN BUILT.
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