This is a interesting question and I hpe whoevre can answer it send a reply to Judith K. Arthur e-mail jkarthur@aol.com and send to the list also as I would like to know. Thank You. Betty Subj: CSS Chattahoochee Date: 04/13/2000 11:28:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: Jkarthur@aol.com According to family information, Elizabeth Bowers Taylor and her daughter, Mary, were working in some capacity on the CSS Chattahoochee when it exploded. We have been unable to obtain much, if any, information about this possibility so I am writing to you to find out if you have ever heard about this. We suspect that she might have been a cook or employed in some capacity on this gunship. From what we understand she was buried in Quincy, but her daughter was sent home. We have also heard the sometimes women manned these gunboats because the men were off at war. I would be happy to purchase anything that might tell us about this, but just don't know where to go. What is killing me is that we lived in Panama City for six years in the 80's and I didn't know any of this then. We still have our house there, but live in NY near Buffalo due to my husband's job. I hope you can help. Judith K. Arthur jkarthur@aol.com