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Ported to OBJ, textured, and further modified from the STL format low poly waterline tabletop war gaming model created by Patrick Woodard. Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. You can download Mr. Woodard's original STL model as part of his Confederate Ironclads Pack at the link below but be warned! STL models normally come untextured because they're made for use with 3D printers, with the end user expected to hand paint the 3D printed model. Furthermore I've added extra parts to this one in order to soup it up a bit and make it look somewhat better. If you want this to look the way it does in the above picture (or even better if you have the skill), then you'll have to round up your own textures and extra parts and do the job yourself, just like I did. Here's that link:

www.thingiverse.com/thing:3179…

CSS Mississippi was a sort of "half-sister" ship to CSS Louisiana, both of which were built for the Confederate States Navy (CSN) during the American Civil War (1862-65). "Half-cousin" might be a more appropriate description, given that both were built at neighboring shipyards but were markedly different in design. Like Louisiana, Mississippi was built from the keel up as a classic CSN ironclad ram and both looked somewhat similar because of that, but the likeness ended there. Mississippi also followed the simplified Huntsville class design (see separate entry) with its insistence on straight lines whenever possible instead of the more traditional rounded-hull design of the Richmond type -- partly to simply construction for her inexperienced builders and partly to make best use of the limited resources available for building. Mississippi was heavier armed (20 guns instead of 16), she was given three standard screw-type propulsion systems instead of the mixed paddlewheel-and-steam arrangement used on Lousiana, and she was built per the practices used for building houses instead of ships per the preference of her contractors. Make of that what you will; talk amongst yourselves. Like Louisiana her construction was delayed by both material and labor shortages, and she was still unfinished when a Union fleet commanded by Admiral David Farragut forced the passage of the mouth of the Mississippi River in mid-March of 1862 and began moving upstream. They did so under pressure from Union Secretary of the Navy Gideon Wells to hopefully keep the Confederacy from completing both Louisiana and Mississippi. That wound being Mississippi's only major contribution to the war -- as a potential threat instead of a real one. For their part the CSN was able to complete enough of Louisiana to launch her and commission her into service; however, work on Mississippi had not advanced as far and it was no longer feasible to finish her, given the rapid advance of Union forces. The initial plans were to tow her upstream so she could be completed elsewhere, but the tugboats hired to do this proved inadequate for the task. As this was being attempted the lead elements of the Union fleet hove into view, so the uncompleted Mississippi was promptly set on fire to prevent her capture. Her uninstalled guns and intended propulsion machinery were hurriedly shipped to Yazoo City for use with other CSN ironclads under construction.

This model is missing many of the finer details of the original Mississippi as intended in her final form. That's because it was originally created for use as a small naval war gaming miniature, and I for my part only added the lower hull structure, the missing guns, the small boats, and the flagpole. That said I think it's still decent for what it is, and it will do nicely as a placeholder for now. I hope you have fun with it too once you download it and start playing with it yourselves. XD

For non-profit, non-commercial use only. If you use, mod, re-release in original or modded form or do anything else with Mr. Woodard's models, please give him credit for his original handiwork, okay? Thank you.

Description

Ported to OBJ, textured, and further modified from the STL format low poly waterline tabletop war gaming model created by Patrick Woodard. Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. You can download Mr. Woodard's original STL model as part of his Confederate Ironclads Pack at the link below but be warned! STL models normally come untextured because they're made for use with 3D printers, with the end user expected to hand paint the 3D printed model. Furthermore I've added extra parts to this one in order to soup it up a bit and make it look somewhat better. If you want this to look the way it does in the above picture (or even better if you have the skill), then you'll have to round up your own textures and extra parts and do the job yourself, just like I did. Here's that link:

www.thingiverse.com/thing:3179…

CSS Mississippi was a sort of "half-sister" ship to CSS Louisiana, both of which were built for the Confederate States Navy (CSN) during the American Civil War (1862-65). "Half-cousin" might be a more appropriate description, given that both were built at neighboring shipyards but were markedly different in design. Like Louisiana, Mississippi was built from the keel up as a classic CSN ironclad ram and both looked somewhat similar because of that, but the likeness ended there. Mississippi also followed the simplified Huntsville class design (see separate entry) with its insistence on straight lines whenever possible instead of the more traditional rounded-hull design of the Richmond type -- partly to simply construction for her inexperienced builders and partly to make best use of the limited resources available for building. Mississippi was heavier armed (20 guns instead of 16), she was given three standard screw-type propulsion systems instead of the mixed paddlewheel-and-steam arrangement used on Lousiana, and she was built per the practices used for building houses instead of ships per the preference of her contractors. Make of that what you will; talk amongst yourselves. Like Louisiana her construction was delayed by both material and labor shortages, and she was still unfinished when a Union fleet commanded by Admiral David Farragut forced the passage of the mouth of the Mississippi River in mid-March of 1862 and began moving upstream. They did so under pressure from Union Secretary of the Navy Gideon Wells to hopefully keep the Confederacy from completing both Louisiana and Mississippi. That wound being Mississippi's only major contribution to the war -- as a potential threat instead of a real one. For their part the CSN was able to complete enough of Louisiana to launch her and commission her into service; however, work on Mississippi had not advanced as far and it was no longer feasible to finish her, given the rapid advance of Union forces. The initial plans were to tow her upstream so she could be completed elsewhere, but the tugboats hired to do this proved inadequate for the task. As this was being attempted the lead elements of the Union fleet hove into view, so the uncompleted Mississippi was promptly set on fire to prevent her capture. Her uninstalled guns and intended propulsion machinery were hurriedly shipped to Yazoo City for use with other CSN ironclads under construction.

This model is missing many of the finer details of the original Mississippi as intended in her final form. That's because it was originally created for use as a small naval war gaming miniature, and I for my part only added the lower hull structure, the missing guns, the small boats, and the flagpole. That said I think it's still decent for what it is, and it will do nicely as a placeholder for now. I hope you have fun with it too once you download it and start playing with it yourselves. XD

For non-profit, non-commercial use only. If you use, mod, re-release in original or modded form or do anything else with Mr. Woodard's models, please give him credit for his original handiwork, okay? Thank you.