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'''CSS''' '''''Hampton''''' was a wooden [[gunboat]] of the [[Confederate States Navy]], one of the few [[Hampton class|''Hampton'' class]] gunboats to be built.

''Hampton'' was built at [[Norfolk Naval Shipyard]] in 1862 and based there until May 1862, when the yard was abandoned and the fleet moved up the [[James River]]. With [[Lieutenant]] [[John Herndon Maury]], CSN, in command, ''Hampton'' participated in significant river actions including the battle at [[Dutch Gap Canal|Dutch Gap]] on August 13, 1864; operations against [[Fort Harrison]] on September 29-October 1; and the engagement at [[Chaffin's Bluff]] on October 22.

''Hampton'' was burned by the Confederates as they evacuated [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] on April 3, 1865.

== Commanders ==
The commanders of the CSS ''Hampton'' were:<ref name=coski>Coski (1996), John M. ''Capital Navy: The Men, Ships and Operations of the James River Squadron'', Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury Publishers. {{ISBN|1-882810-03-1}}.</ref>

* Lieutenant [[George W. Harrison]] (as of May 1862)
* Lieutenant [[Hunter Davidson]] (1862)
* Lieutenant [[John S. Maury]] (1863-July 6, 1864; October 26–29, 1864)
* Lieutenant [[John W. Murdaugh]] (July 6-October 26, 1864)
* Lieutenant [[Ivey Foreman]] (October 29-November 18, 1864)
* Lieutenant [[Walter Raleigh Butt]] (November 18, 1864-)
* Lieutenant [[Francis E. Shepperd]] (December 28, 1864 – January 14, 1865; briefly in February 1865)
* Lieutenant [[Joseph David Wilson]] (January–February 1865)

== References ==
* {{DANFS}}
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