- USS Charlotte (1862)
USS "Charlotte" (1862) was a
schooner captured by theUnion Navy during theAmerican 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 offMobile, Alabama ,10 April 1862 by "Kanawha"; condemned by theprize court atBoston, Massachusetts ; purchased by the Navy6 November 1862 ; placed under command of Acting Master E. D. Bruner; and assigned to theWest 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 toPensacola, Florida .Guarding the East Pass of the Mississippi
The schooner continued to blockade off the East Pass of the
Mississippi River , performingreconnaissance 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
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United States Navy
*American Civil War External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c6/charlotte-i.htm USS Charlotte]
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