I am the original contributor to CivilWarAlbum.com for the USS Eastport/Montgomery La page and welcome any new material.

The USS Eastport and the Steamer Ed F. Dix are currently unmarked and on private property. I just finished an article detailing the sinking of the USS Eastport which is awaiting publication (hopefully Dec 2015). The best published source for the ships is:

Pearson, Charles E. and Birchett, Thomas C. The History and Archaeology of Two Civil War Steamboats: The Ironclad Gunboat USS Eastport and the Steamer Ed F. Dix. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Coastal Environments, Incorporated, 2001.

When you read this source it is imperative that you understand the purpose of the archaeology was ONLY to determine if the US Army Corps of Engineers would damage the shipwrecks with their project for the Red River. The report states the remains the historic shipwrecks would not be harmed and the subsequent project proceeded.

The Union Navy accounts and records vs. the CSA accounts differ.