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USS Kingfisher (1861)

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stationed there to observe and report activity of Union ships in the area. From time to time during the ensuing year, she shelled Confederate troops ashore and sent small landing parties inland to gather information and capture food for her crew and for refugees who had flocked to her for protection.
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in St. Helena Sound on 28 March 1864 and filled with water. After efforts to save the stranded ship proved fruitless, she was abandoned on 5 April 1864.
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have not been generally recognized. The need for water, food, or timber often forced parties from the
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to Boston, Massachusetts. When the ship had been repaired and her crew reinvigorated,
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on 26 January 1862 in manning and equipping a boat expedition to the mouth of the
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ships to venture ashore in hostile territory. On 2 June 1862, two boats from
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3 October 1861, Acting Lt. Joseph P. Couthouy in command.
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American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States
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The great risks involved in blockade duty during the
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On 21 January 1862, she joined 16:Gunboat of the United States Navy 1733:Maritime incidents in March 1864 1703:Shipwrecks of the Carolina coast 424: 41: 308:Other landing parties from the 407: 378:landed at Middleton's estate, 324:, which had produced some 200 1: 440:. The entry can be found 400: 245:. Three days later, she took 170:was purchased by the Navy at 218:. She again cooperated with 181:That day she was ordered to 7: 10: 1754: 362:The bark was stationed in 357:Port Royal, South Carolina 68:by purchase, 2 August 1861 18: 1661: 1453: 488: 282:after a three-day chase. 95: 34: 30: 191:Gulf Blockading Squadron 1713:Ships of the Union Navy 96:General characteristics 89:Abandoned, 5 April 1864 86:Grounded, 28 March 1864 1698:Ships built in Boston 335:were unabated. 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Index

USS Kingfisher
Barque
Dahlgren guns
Boston
Boston Navy Yard
Key West
Florida
Gulf Blockading Squadron
USS Ethan Allen
Olive Branch
Cedar Keys
Nassau, Bahamas
turpentine
Manatee River
sloop
Mary Nevis
Confederate
cavalry
barracks
Spanish
brig
Terisita
Havana
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
blockade runner
Lion
Gulf of Mexico
Civil War
Union Navy
Aucilla River

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