USS Ouachita (1863)

USS Ouachita (1863)

USS "Ouachita" (1863) was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

Captured by the Union Navy and placed into service

Union gunboats "Manitou" and "Rattler" captured Confederate side wheel steamer "Louisville" in the Little Red River 13 July 1863. The Navy purchased the prize from the Prize Court at Cairo, Illinois, 29 September 1863, and commissioned her as "Ouachita" 18 January 1864. Lt. Comdr. Byron Wilson assumed command 1 February.

Mississippi River operations

During the remainder of the Civil War, the gunboat operated in the Mississippi River and its tributaries, especially the Red, Black, and Ouachita Rivers. She participated in Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter’s expedition up the Red River to Alexandria 12 March to 22 May 1864. She performed patrol duty through the end of the war, and again ascended the Red River in May and June 1865 to receive the surrender of Confederate forces.

Post-war decommissioning and sale

Decommissioned 3 July 1865, "Ouachita" was sold at auction at Mound City, Illinois, 25 September 1865 to Tait, Able, and Gill.

References

See also

* United States Navy
* American Civil War

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o5/ouachita.htm USS Ouachita]


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