  {|    |} the second uss augusta was a side-wheel steamer in the united states navy during the american civil war. she was named for the city of augusta, georgia. designed and constructed by the noted american shipbuilder, william h. webb, the second augusta was completed in 1853 at new york city and operated out of that port carrying passengers and freight for the new york and savannah steam navigation company on runs to savannah, georgia and new orleans, louisiana. early in the civil war, as the union navy was expanding its fleet for the herculean task of blockading the confederate coast, the federal government purchased the side-wheeler at new york on 1 august 1861. she was fitted out for naval service by the new york navy yard and commissioned there on 28 september 1861, commander enoch greenleafe parrott in command. ==civil war operations== a part of flag officer samuel francis du pont's newly established south atlantic blockading squadron, augusta was assigned to the task force then being formed to capture a naval base on the confederacy's atlantic coast somewhere within the new squadron's jurisdiction which stretched from the florida keys to the border separating north and south carolina. augusta departed new york on 16 october, reached hampton roads two days later, rema
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