The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-30


tive article was prepared Cor The ZINES
tr Mr. John w. II. Porter, OF Ports
,,,o,,.h Va, from memoranda left by john
r. Porter chief CONSTRUCTOR OF the Con
fcderrase States Navy. Tho article con-
.sS,,s much valuable historical inforina-
.ion. and Will doubtless oe widely read
IN siycs a list of the vessels IN commas
e;o, in The ConfederateS States Navy
leaIs where and when most OF them were
n,n;,.. what became of them: and gives
bricf data about their movements anu
service:
Observation-Disclosures steam ciIuiscr, 50 guns
f,ril. at Liverpool in 1852. sailed from that
port July cath, 1862 and was sunk IN ac-
lion with the L. S. S. hcarsargc of Cher
oourg June 70, 1854.
a.1sn.s-I1o-rnerly The merchant steam
rr I7iagail. Converted into an iron-clad
at savannah and mounted guns Got
aground in Wassaw Sound June II, 1865
and was captured By the Federals.
Acknowledgement 2 guns. Built on
The Roanoke river in 1864 sunk by a Fed
nral torpedo boat the same year at Ply
mouth, y. c.
anpouat.ox-t+or1ncrly the tug Empire.
Bought at Norfolk in 1861 and mounted,
two guns. Dismantied and abandoned IN
1867
Acknowledgement schooner, captured by
the Confedcratcs off Long island juno
T. 1862. converted into u cruiser, aoan-
sonea. or Portland June q. and recap
iured. Crew transferred to the CALEB
Gushing.
arctic-Iron-piated floating battery at
Wilmington Mounted ) guns and burn-
cd a,y the Confederates at the evacuation
of that city, 1865.
ar,5snsss-Iron-clad. 10 guns. Launched
al Memphis in 1862 and cofnpletea on me
yazoo river July Is. 1852 Her fllachliieiS
a,ecame disabled near Baton Rouse IN
.r--.-+ NJ than wear. and she was set on
fire and abandoned by order oil lleF COLL
mandc--
Raltic-1ron-plated ram. three guns
Burned by the Confederates at Inc 1ah
of Mobile, in 1861.
Reconciliation hull tug-boat bonshl
at New Berne IN 1861 and armed win one
gun. Burned by the Conieoefa'es d.
Richmond in 1865.
I,enrilIc- side-whecl river steamer.
Rourht at New Orleans in 1861 ana
,7,oDn,.d with six guns. Burned by Coh-
federates on Lake Pontchartrain In iSo-'
B,acl, Warrior Merchant schooner
armed TO assist in the defense OF f-ii-a
l,ett, City. February 10, 49, Burned anu
deserted by her crew during the hsh'-
acknowledgements Federal gun
host sunk by Confederate batteries at
Plv1noutli. April is, 1854. raised by the
Confederates ana recaptured by the r co
erals in Albemarle Sound, May .. loo4.
c.1.h c-ush,nr-I-nited States revenue
cutter. two guns Captured by the Con-
federate schooner Archer in PORTLAND
harbor, June q. 1863, and set on IRE ana
abandoned to prevent recapture.
Calbo,n-Small side-wheel river steam
er. Bought at New Orleans. 1871. anu
burned by the Confederates after the 1all
of that city in 1s62.
Carondelet-side-wheel river steamer;
Bought at New orleans in 1861 and
mounted with six guns. Burned on Lake
Pontchartrain in 1862 to prevent capture.
at Charleston. 1864 Caught on a sunk
en- wreck there and broken in two by the
falling tide.
caswell = Wooden side-wheel tender.
Burned by the Confederates at the fall
NJ Wilmington, 1865
Charleston-Iron clad, six guns. Built
en- 1863 at Charleston and destroyed by
Che Confederates at the evacuation of
chat city IN 1865.
Chattahoocllie-Wood gun-boat, two
guns Burned by the Confederates on
the Chattahoochie river at the close of
the war.
Chicora-Iron clad. Built at Charleston
snd burned by the Confederates at the
evacuation of that city in 1865
hicamauga-Formerly the blockade
runner Edith. Bought at Wilmington in
1864, mounted with Two guns and turned
into a cruiser. She was burned by the
Confederates at Wilmington in 1861
Clarence-Merchant brig captured by
the Florida, May C. 1863, and armed with a
7o-pcunder boat-howitzer. She was burn
ed by her commander June 10. 1858, and
her crew transferred to the Tacony.
Cotton = SIdc-whcel river steamer.
Bought at New Orleans in 1861, and made