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Development of ship building at the Charlestown Navy Yard-USS Genesee
USS Genesee

USS Genesee

Naval strategy during the Civil War led to the construction of a large class of shallow-draft sidewheel steam gunboats. The USS Genesee, shown on the Mississippi at Baton Rouge in March 1863, was completed by the Navy Yard in about eight months in 1861-62. Sold after the war, the ship operated commercially as Hattie C. Besse.
 
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Faneuil Hall interior

Did You Know?
The Internal Revenue Service used to conduct ceremonies rewarding its best collectors and other employees at Faneuil Hall? Considering that Faneuil Hall was the site of some notable tax resistance meetings before The Revolution, we must conclude that the IRS does have a sense of humor after all.
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