M.R. Yoder
Commerce Raider Chickamauga
Originally named Edith when she launched from the shipyards of Liverpool in 1863, she steamed under a Bahamian flag for a year as she ran blackmarket cargo through the Union Naval blockade between Confederate ports and Havana. Another successful run through the blockade landed her to port in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she was officially pressed into service in 1864 by the Confederacy. Renamed Chickamauga, she was used as a commerce raider against Northern shipping interests until her boiler overheated during a pursuit and exploded, killing the entire crew.
On a new backdrop, she looks a lot better. I eliminated one of the smokestacks to match the single boiler below decks, and I rearranged a few things on the fore deck to make room for a cannon.
Commerce Raider Chickamauga
Originally named Edith when she launched from the shipyards of Liverpool in 1863, she steamed under a Bahamian flag for a year as she ran blackmarket cargo through the Union Naval blockade between Confederate ports and Havana. Another successful run through the blockade landed her to port in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she was officially pressed into service in 1864 by the Confederacy. Renamed Chickamauga, she was used as a commerce raider against Northern shipping interests until her boiler overheated during a pursuit and exploded, killing the entire crew.
On a new backdrop, she looks a lot better. I eliminated one of the smokestacks to match the single boiler below decks, and I rearranged a few things on the fore deck to make room for a cannon.