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CSS Palmetto State
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<p>CSS <i>Palmetto State</i> was one of six Richmond class <a href="/facts/Casemate_ironclad/pvwJNnRm">casemate ironclad</a> rams built for the <a href="/facts/Confederate_States_Navy/y1DjJ5yw">Confederate States Navy</a> during the <a href="/facts/American_Civil_War/A9FT3ksD">American Civil War</a>. Completed in 1862, she defended <a href="/facts/Charleston%2c_South_Carolina/dB8lmPF2">Charleston, South Carolina</a> and was burnt in 1865 to prevent her capture by advancing Union troops. </p>