Civil War Steamboat Models by John Bowman USS Signal No. 8 Tin Clad
USS Signal No. 8 Civil War Tin Clad
USS Signal No. 8
A.J. Sweeney & Son for Capt. Campbell Sweeney built USS Signal No. 8, a 190-ton stern-wheel steam-powered packet “tinclad” river gunboat, in 1862 at Wheeling, Virginia. A Federal officer of the U.S. Navy requisitioned Signal-reaching Cairo, Illinois on her maiden trip. Campbell sold her to the U.S. Navy for the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars September 22, 1862. She was converted and commissioned a tinclad: USS Signal No. 8. Tinclads got their name from the iron plating, 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch thick that protected the power plant and pilothouse from small-arms fire. Much of this plating came from the Top Mill in Wheeling, Virginia. Tinclads provided the naval presence that kept the western waterways under Union control. Signal No. 8 was fitted with ten 24-pounder howitzers. During November and December 1862, Signal took part in expeditions up the Yazoo River, including pioneering mine clearance operations. She was a participant in the capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas, in January 1863. For much of the first half of that year, she operated on the Yazoo River in support of the campaign to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi. She was once torpedoed at the siege of Vicksburg. Signal patrolled the Mississippi during the remainder of 1863 and into the next year. On May 5, 1864, she was disabled by Confederate artillery fire at Dunn’s Bayou on the Red River, Louisiana, and was destroyed to prevent capture. Mr. Perry Aberli tells us the following “Perry Wilkes, Signal’s Pilot, received the ‘Medal of Honor’ for actions during the attack. The citation says that he “stood by his wheel until it was disabled in his hands by a bursting enemy shell.” Many of the crew was imprisoned at Camp Ford.”
This model of the stern-wheel steam-powered tinclad Signal No. 8 by John Bowman is displayed at West Virginia’s Point Pleasant River Museum
Point Pleasant River Museum John Bowman’s Steamboat Models are Displayed here
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Mr. Bowman my name is Jude Bordelon from Louisiana. I was looking for pictures of the Uss Signal and I ran across ur site Wow. I am so excited to see a model of this boat. I am a Civil War nerd and I live right where the signal was sunk. I do metal detecting and have found lots of things pertaining to the battle on the red river. Just last week I found a 30 lb parrot shell that was shot off the signal. Anyway my question is do you have other models of the signal or do you sale any model of the signal. This would go so great with one of the shells that I found.
Thanks for your time
Jude Bordelon
Mr. Bowman,
Thanks so much for posting your model of the USS Signal. My great great grandfather, Perry Wilkes, was the pilot for the Signal. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the attack on the Signal on the Red River. The citation says that he “stood by his wheel until it was disabled in his hands by a bursting enemy shell.” He and many of the crew were imprisoned at Camp Ford after the Signal’s destruction.
Does your book have any more details on the actions of the Signal before its destruction.
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Can you provide any plans of her for a model build? Or if possible let me have your email address so I can request more detailed images of your model with a ruler next to it to help in the build? Would really help out for a model build as you have done.
Thank you for your time in this request and fantastic model!
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