USS Fort Hindman (1862)

USS Fort Hindman (1862)

USS "Fort Hindman" (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was placed in service and used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron

"Fort Hindman", a side wheel steamer, was purchased 14 March 1863 as "James Thompson"; joined the Mississippi Squadron in April 1863, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant T. 0. Selfridge in command; was renamed "Manitou" 23 March 1863; and renamed "Fort Hindman" 8 November 1863.

Patrolling the Mississippi and adjacent rivers

In July 1863, the steamer headed an expedition up the Little Red River, a tributary of the Black River, and captured quantities of ordnance and Confederate Government provisions, as well as the ironclad "Louisville".

She continued to patrol the central Mississippi River and its tributaries, taking a Confederate merchantman prize in the Red River 1 March, engaging Confederate sharpshooters and a battery ashore in the Black and later that day in the Ouachita River. During the expedition, "Fort Hindman" transported troops and prisoners of war, over and over again engaged Confederate batteries, and took part in the passage of the falls off Alexandria, Louisiana, on 8 May. Moving to a more southerly patrol area, "Fort Hindman" operated in the rivers and bayous of Louisiana, occasionally returning to Natchez, Mississippi.

Post-war decommissioning and sale

She arrived at Mound City, Illinois, 1 August 1865. There she was decommissioned 3 August 1865, and sold 17 August 1865.

References

See also

* United States Navy
* American Civil War
* Confederate States Navy

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-f/ft-hndmn.htm USS Fort Hindman (1863-1865, "Tinclad" # 13).]


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