Civil War Confederate Ships M through R

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Introduction
The information below comes from Series II, Volume 1 of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies. Digital copy at Archive.org.

Ship names beginning with M

 * Macon. Fitted out at Savannah, Ga., in 1864. Class: Wooden gunboat propelled by steam. Taken to Augusta after the fall of Savannah and held until the war was over. Formerly known as the Ogeechee. For more information, see page 258


 * Manassas. Purchased in 1861, and converted into an ironclad ram at Algiers, La. Class: Steamer; iron-plated ram. Sunk in battle below New Orleans, La., April 24, 1862. Formerly Enoch Train, built in Boston in 1855. For more information, see page 259


 * Manassas. Seized at New Berne, N.C. Class: Revenue cutter. Soon dismantled. For more information, see page 259


 * McRae. Purchased at New Orleans, La., 1861. Class, Steamer; wood. Sunk in the Mississippi River, April 28, 1862. The McRae was formerly called the Marquis de la Habanu. For more information, see page 259


 * Mariner (Privateer). Fitted out at Wilmington, N.C.; commissioned July 14, 1861. Class: Screw steamer; propeller. For more information, see page 259 


 * Merrimack, see Virginia.