USS Union was a heavy (1,114-ton) steamer with a powerful 12-inch rifled gun purchased by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Union...

USS Ossipee was a wooden, screw sloop-of-war in commission in the United States Navy at various times between 1861 and 1889. She served in the Union Navy...

USS Alert was a 90 long tons (91 t) steamship named A. C. Powell purchased by the Union Navy during the first year of the American Civil War. A. C. Powell...

USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England. Housatonic was launched on...

and assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America. The first U.S. Navy ship to be so named, USS Sciota was one of...

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. "USS Seneca (1861–1868)". Online Image Library. Naval Historical Center. 31 August 2001...

USS Carondelet (/kəˈrɒndəlɛt/ kə-RON-də-let) (1861) was a City-class ironclad gunboat constructed for the War Department by James B. Eads during the American...

The first USS Rhode Island was a side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy, commissioned in 1861. Rhode Island was built in New York City, in 1860...

North. Augustus Holly, a schooner purchased at Baltimore by the Union Navy on 13 August 1861. Records of her use are missing, and it is questionable whether...

USS Varuna was a screw steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Under construction in 1861, she was purchased incomplete on 31...

media related to USS Kearsarge (ship, 1861). USS Kearsarge (1862–1894) 13°32′N 80°03′W / 13.533°N 80.050°W / 13.533; -80.050 (Wreck of USS Kearsarge)...

The second USS Potomac was an old whaler the United States Navy purchased on 1 November 1861. She was a part of the "Stone Fleet," a group of ships used...

The first USS Hatteras was a 1,126-ton iron-hulled steamer purchased by the Union Navy at the beginning of the American Civil War. She was outfitted as...

from 1843 to 1847 USS Union (1846), a schooner captured from Mexico in November 1846 and wrecked in December 1846 USS Union (1861), an armed screw steamer...

The third USS Baltimore was a side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy. Baltimore was built in 1848 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, captured on the...

inconclusive exchange of cannon fire between the Union gunboat USS Monticello, supported by the USS Thomas Freeborn, and Confederate batteries on Sewell's...

Mound City, Illinois, in 1861, under contract to the United States Department of War. She was commissioned as part of the Union Army's Western Gunboat Flotilla...

The third USS Montgomery was a wooden screw steamer in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Montgomery was built at New York in 1858; chartered...

USS Hero (1861), a wooden schooner, was purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War at Baltimore, Maryland, 13 August 1861 to obstruct inlets...

became the first USS Teaser. Teaser was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Purchased at Richmond, Virginia, by the State of Virginia in 1861, she was assigned...

USS Isilda, sometimes spelled Ezilda, was an armed schooner in commission in the United States Navy from 1861 to 1863. As part of the Union Navy, she...

USS A. J. View – a Confederate States of America schooner – was captured during the beginning of the American Civil War by the Union Navy. A. J. View was...

The second USS Louisiana was a propeller-driven iron-hull steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Louisiana was built at Wilmington...

USS Orion (1861), a wooden schooner, was purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War at Baltimore, Maryland, on 13 August 1861. She was purchased...

The first USS Miami was a side-wheel steamer, double-ender gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Miami was launched by Philadelphia...

sold there 30 November 1865. Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Chippewa (1861).  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary...

of the CSS Virginia—the former USS Merrimack, (the 1855 steam-powered heavy frigate, rebuilt since burnt/scuttled in 1861 and now protected by riveted iron...

June 1861 for service in the American Civil War and converted into the gunboat USS Tyler on 5 June 1861. She was commissioned in September 1861. She was...

1861-65, pp. 18. Konstam, Union River Ironclad 1861-65, pp. 19. DANFS, USS Benton (1862-1865) Konstam, Union River Ironclad 1861-65, pp. 20. Donovan, Ironclads...

The third USS Lexington was a timberclad gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Lexington was built as a sidewheel steamer at...