USS Charlotte (1862)

USS Charlotte (1862)

USS "Charlotte" (1862) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

Schooner "Charlotte" captured by the Union Navy

"Charlotte", a schooner used as a blockade runner, was captured off Mobile, Alabama, 10 April 1862 by "Kanawha"; condemned by the prize court at Boston, Massachusetts; purchased by the Navy 6 November 1862; placed under command of Acting Master E. D. Bruner; and assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron.

Assigned to the West Gulf Blockade

"Charlotte's" first station was in Choctawhatchee Bay, Alabama, from which on 27 December 1862 she sailed up river to capture the steamer "Bloomer". The ship had been laid up since the beginning of the War, and "Charlotte's" men repaired her engines so that she could sail to Pensacola, Florida.

Guarding the East Pass of the Mississippi

The schooner continued to blockade off the East Pass of the Mississippi River, performing reconnaissance through which she was able to report movements of Confederate troops and act as a tender. She was later joined on station by "Bloomer", which had been taken into the Navy.

Post-war decommissioning

"Charlotte" was sold at Pensacola 27 April 1867.

References

See also

* United States Navy
* American Civil War

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c6/charlotte-i.htm USS Charlotte]


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