The New Era Small 320×223 Medium 640×445 Large 1024×712 Download Tiff Original 2400×1669 | (7.2 MB) Description USS New Era (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Keywords American Civil War, gunboat, steamer, Union Navy Galleries Steam-Powered Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 4) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)
