CSS Isondiga

History
Confederate States
Name	Isondiga
Commissioned	April 1863
Decommissioned	1865
Fate	Burned to prevent capture
General characteristics
Draft	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion	steam engine
Speed	5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
Complement	60 officers and men
Armament	1 9" shell gun, 1 6.4" rifled cannon

CSS Isondiga was a small wooden gunboat without masts that served in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.

Isondiga operated in waters around Savannah, Georgia, and in Saint Augustine Creek, Florida, from April 1863 to December 1864, Lieutenant Joel S. Kennard commanding. She accompanied ironclad ram CSS Atlanta in the engagement in which Atlanta was captured on June 17, 1863.

She escaped from Savannah on December 21, 1864 before the city fell to the forces of U.S. General William T. Sherman. She was later burned by her commanding officer and crew to prevent seizure by the Union.

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.