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Confederate hands. In June 1865, four 24-pounder
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439:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1864
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174:waterways, only to be sunk, along with
166:Tawah was used by the Union Navy as a
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1664:Steamships of the United States Navy
1684:Maritime incidents in November 1864
64:Sunk during combat, 4 November 1864
1659:Gunboats of the United States Navy
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69:General characteristics
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170:and patrol vessel on
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221:Mississippi Squadron
219:was assigned to the
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285:Reynoldsburg Island
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192:Service history
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74:Displacement
53:Commissioned
48:19 June 1863
1273:Water Witch
1027:Mary Bowers
876:Alvin Clark
800:Marchioness
511:Underwriter
246:Alfred Robb
172:Confederate
159:during the
1648:Categories
1608:Kingfisher
1490:Enterprise
1475:HDMS
1451:John Bowes
1439:Mound City
1052:Brandywine
991:James Funk
889:Queen City
776:Invercauld
662:Southfield
612:Maple Leaf
600:Kingfisher
524:Housatonic
447:Shipwrecks
379:References
157:Union Navy
106:Propulsion
1582:HMS
1564:CSS
1539:HMS
1514:HMS
1501:SMS
1488:HMS
1477:Dannebrog
1464:Liverpool
1462:HMS
1437:USS
1426:St. Clair
1424:USS
1374:USS
1349:USS
1336:USS
1325:Louisiana
1323:USS
1310:CSS
1297:CSS
1284:CSS
1271:CSS
1258:HMS
1245:CSS
1232:USS
1219:USS
1208:Narcissus
1206:USS
1193:CSS
1180:USS
1167:CSS
1154:USS
1141:USS
1128:USS
1115:USS
1104:Albemarle
1102:CSS
1089:USS
1076:CSS
1063:USS
1050:USS
977:USS
964:CSS
951:USS
938:USS
925:CSS
912:USS
887:USS
862:CSS
849:USS
836:USS
813:Columbine
811:USS
764:Shawsheen
762:USS
749:CSS
736:USS
723:USS
712:Covington
710:USS
673:USS
660:USS
649:Bombshell
623:USS
598:USS
585:USS
574:Peterhoff
572:USS
547:USS
522:USS
509:USS
496:USS
471:USS
341:howitzers
336:starboard
266:USS
244:USS
233:USS
183:USS
176:USS
1596:Snaefell
1388:Carolina
1312:Savannah
1299:Isondiga
1247:Resolute
1130:Key West
1065:Antelope
1015:Adriatic
953:Tecumseh
940:Philippi
838:Lavender
625:Eastport
473:Iron Age
351:See also
328:gunboats
301:Key West
262:Key West
240:Key West
205:Ebenezer
185:Key West
123:Armament
77:108 tons
45:Acquired
1592:20 Oct:
1584:Eclipse
1579:20 Oct:
1566:Florida
1541:Eclipse
1498:24 Aug:
1485:13 Aug:
1472:14 Jul:
1434:10 May:
1421:17 Feb:
1376:Monarch
1371:c. Dec:
1359:c. Dec:
1351:Rattler
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1333:30 Dec:
1320:24 Dec:
1307:21 Dec:
1294:21 Dec:
1286:Georgia
1281:21 Dec:
1268:19 Dec:
1255:14 Dec:
1242:12 Dec:
1195:Florida
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1177:11 Nov:
1099:27 Oct:
1073:27 Sep:
1060:23 Sep:
1035:c. Aug:
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987:11 Aug:
966:Phoenix
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897:27 Jun:
884:24 Jun:
872:19 Jun:
864:Alabama
859:19 Jun:
851:Courier
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833:12 Jun:
808:22 May:
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772:10 May:
751:Roanoke
699:Grecian
695:30 Apr:
683:26 Apr:
670:22 Apr:
657:19 Apr:
645:18 Apr:
633:15 Apr:
620:15 Apr:
595:28 Mar:
587:Clifton
582:21 Mar:
557:27 Feb:
544:22 Feb:
532:17 Feb:
519:17 Feb:
481:15 Jan:
468:10 Jan:
460:Grafton
332:Tawah's
287:. When
235:Paw Paw
153:steamer
26:History
1632:1865 →
1625:← 1863
1561:7 Oct:
1549:5 Oct:
1536:1 Sep:
1528:Avalon
1524:1 Sep:
1516:Urgent
1503:Grille
1447:9 Jun:
1260:Bombay
1234:Otsego
1229:9 Dec:
1221:Bazely
1216:9 Dec:
1203:7 Dec:
1164:5 Nov:
1156:Undine
1151:4 Nov:
1138:4 Nov:
1125:4 Nov:
1112:4 Nov:
1086:7 Oct:
1047:3 Sep:
1039:Houqua
979:Violet
974:8 Aug:
961:7 Aug:
948:5 Aug:
935:5 Aug:
927:Gaines
922:5 Aug:
914:Undine
825:Daring
821:1 Jun:
759:7 May:
746:7 May:
733:6 May:
725:Signal
720:5 May:
707:5 May:
675:Petrel
608:1 Apr:
569:6 Mar:
549:Linden
506:2 Feb:
493:1 Feb:
456:3 Jan:
388:
323:Undine
319:Undine
303:, and
281:Undine
268:Undine
242:, and
168:convoy
82:Length
1604:Unkn:
1553:Nubia
1396:Unkn:
1384:Unkn:
1338:Annie
1182:Tulip
1169:Spray
1143:Tawah
1117:Elfin
1091:Aster
687:Homer
345:Tawah
305:Elfin
297:Tawah
289:Venus
277:Venus
273:Venus
258:Tawah
251:Tawah
229:Tawah
217:Tawah
197:Tawah
178:Elfin
148:Tawah
1511:Aug:
1459:Jun:
637:Emma
401:here
271:and
260:and
181:and
146:USS
90:Beam
61:Fate
1650::
347:.
299:,
238:,
231:,
215:.
163:.
1573:)
1569:(
430:e
423:t
416:v
403:.
199:(
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