 (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 1968 p525)

CSS "General Sterling Price, often referred to as "General Price" or "Price", was built as Laurent Millaudon", (or "L. Millandon" or "Milledon") at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1856.She was acquired for Confederate service and fitted out at New Orleans, Louisiana, for the River Defense Fleet (See DANFS appendix II) and was renamed after the Confederate general Sterling Price.On 25 January 1862, Captain Montgomery began to convert her into a cottonclad ram by placing a 4-inch oak sheath with a 1-inch iron covering on her bow, and by installing double pine bulkheads filled with compressed cotton bales.