A lovely American old-time tune with a title suggesting Civil War origins, often associated with Ernie Carpenter (1907-1997), an acclaimed fifth-generation fiddler from Braxton County, West Virginia.
Andy Fitzgibbon
From the playing of Ernie Carpenter. The video was made for Andy’s students at the Wellington Bluegrass Society fiddle workshops. Fiddle tuned AEAE.
(‘Ernie Carpenter’s Gun Boat’ – Andy FitzGibbon’ YouTube video, 2.03. Posted by Andrew FitzGibbon, 8 Sep 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWfct6pXkAQ)
Ernie Carpenter
Fiddle/banjo duet, fiddle tuned AEAE. Ernie originally learnt this tune from family friend and neighbour Wallace Pritchard.
(From the Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes on the great Slippery Hill website )
Andy Fitzgibbon plays with the Iron Leg Boys, and is part of the New Young Fogies project co-run by Anna Roberts-Gevalt (of Anna & Elizabeth: see ‘Billy in the Lowground’ 7 May 2015)
Ernie Carpenter‘s fascinating family history is outlined on the Berea College website.
Jenny Glover's FIDDLETAILS 
And at some point it became ‘New Five Cents Piece’ (or Ruffled Drawers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGXNZyqmXHg
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Yes, it’s had any number of titles. ‘Gunboat’ I thought an odd choice for any non-martial tune, until I read about it’s probable Civil War origins.
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