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36: 658: 365:. After repairs, she commissioned at New York City 22 July 1862, Lt. William Budd in command. The sidewheel steamer departed New York 26 July 1862 to take station near Key West as part of the Union blockade. En route on the 31st, she captured British steamer 303:
the first of many ships to be used in the same way. For this reason, the introduction of Spanish doubloons to Florida can be traced back to the trading trips made by
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with a load of cotton, carrying no papers and flying no colors. She remained on blockade in these waters until February 1865, when she shifted to
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made at least two successful runs to nearby British islands in 1861 carrying large cargoes. On 19 February 1862, while trying to escape from
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her prize to New York City, arriving 3 August. After repairs, she sailed again for Key West. Operating off the coast of Florida with the
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put into Key West 15 March, and spent her last war days ferrying supplies to the ships maintaining the blockade.
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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Vol 17
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Ship Registers and Enrollments of New Orleans Louisiana Vol 6, 1861-1870, pp182, #914
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twice a month at a price of $ 1,500 each run in order to ship cattle to Cuba, making
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activities on blockade, and 15 July she sailed for New York for extensive repairs.
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of Tampa made a contract with the Morgan Line. This contract allowed McKay to use
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27 December, and 2 days later seized a second blockade runner, British sloop
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to N. L. & G. Griswold 12 July 1865. Redocumented 23 August 1865,
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National Archives / Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University
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Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants
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served briefly as a merchantman and was abandoned in 1866.
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Joe A. Akerman, Jr., North Florida Junior College (1976):
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decommissioned at New York 10 June 1865 and was sold at
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to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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She was planned to be used by the 713:Gunboats of the United States Navy 14: 319:with a large cargo of cotton and 16:Gunboat of the United States Navy 656: 435:Eastern Gulf Blockading Squadron 402:Eastern Gulf Blockading Squadron 340:was intercepted and captured by 34: 645:, Greenwood Publishing Group, 620:. 26 June 2011. Archived from 586:. 26 June 2011. Archived from 1: 672:. The entry can be found 371:Cape Romain, South Carolina 194:(22 km/h; 14 mph) 734: 383:Charleston, South Carolina 130:34.5 ft (10.5 m) 514:Bauer and Roberts, p. 92. 336:After a daylong pursuit, 138:10.5 ft (3.2 m) 105: 27: 23: 614:Medal of Honor Citations 580:Medal of Honor Citations 459:Battle of Natural Bridge 373:, bound ostensibly from 703:Ships built in Brooklyn 698:Ships of the Union Navy 122:242 ft (74 m) 106:General characteristics 279:, CSA, acting for the 146:8 ft (2.4 m) 433:sailed to rejoin the 346:near the entrance to 265:Greenpoint, New York 218:four 24-pounder guns 624:on 23 February 2009 590:on 2 September 2012 353:After her capture, 469:, Ordinary Seaman 451:St. Marks, Florida 242:American Civil War 101:sold, 12 July 1865 651:978-0-313-26202-9 285:Judah P. 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Aided by 363:Prize Court 273:New Orleans 250:Confederacy 240:during the 50:22 Aug 1854 718:1854 ships 692:Categories 497:References 425:Magnolia’s 348:Mobile Bay 246:Union Navy 238:Union Navy 199:Complement 151:Propulsion 86:Union Navy 465:, Seaman 443:Matagorda 379:Liverpool 332:Mercedita 176:Sail plan 491:Magnolia 483:Magnolia 479:Magnolia 431:Magnolia 421:Tortugas 410:schooner 406:Magnolia 398:convoyed 395:Magnolia 359:Key West 355:Magnolia 338:Magnolia 326:Brooklyn 309:Magnolia 305:Magnolia 301:Magnolia 297:Magnolia 261:Magnolia 229:Magnolia 207:Armament 180:Schooner 114:843 tons 79:Captured 55:Acquired 47:Launched 413:Carmita 367:Memphis 315:in the 234:steamer 182:-rigged 28:History 661:  649:  419:, off 232:was a 135:Height 119:Length 88:forces 533:(PDF) 387:rosin 377:, to 369:near 321:rosin 192:knots 187:Speed 143:Draft 674:here 647:ISBN 630:2011 596:2011 548:2017 329:and 267:for 227:USS 156:2 × 127:Beam 98:Fate 190:12 84:by 694:: 616:. 612:. 582:. 578:. 539:. 535:. 519:^ 505:^ 477:. 404:, 393:, 350:. 307:. 202:95 163:, 676:. 653:. 632:. 598:. 550:. 334:.

Index

Union Navy
Vertical beam
steam engine
Schooner
knots
Parrott Rifle
steamer
Union Navy
American Civil War
Union Navy
Confederacy
Greenpoint, New York
Charles Morgan
New Orleans
Mansfield Lovell
Confederacy's
Judah P. Benjamin
blockade runner
James McKay Sr.
Pass a' l’Outre
Gulf of Mexico
rosin
Brooklyn
Mercedita.
South Carolina
Mobile Bay
Key West
Prize Court
Cape Romain, South Carolina
Nassau, Bahamas

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