Civil War Confederate Ships A through F

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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 A

 * A. C. Gunnison (Privateer). Commissioned May 25, 1861. Class: Steam tug. For more information, see page 247.


 * Aiken. Acquisition: Surrendered to South Carolina authorities December, 1860. Sunk, July 28, 1861, by U. S. frigate St. Lawrence. Her name was changed to Petrel. Class: Revenue cutter. Rig: Schooner. For more information, see page 247.


 * Alabama. Built in England and delivered by builders in August 1862. Sunk off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864, by the U.S.S. Kearsarge. Class: Steam sloop. For more information, see page 247.


 * Albemarle (Ram). Built on the Roanoke River. N. C, 1864. Sunk at Plymouth, North Carolina about 3 a. m. October 28, 1864, by a torpedo boat in charge of Lieutenant W. B. Gushing, U. S. N. Class: Screw steamer; ironclad For more information, see page 247. Muster roll for July 1864.


 * Alert. Seized at Mobile, Alabama by State authorities. Class: Lighthouse tender. Rig: Schooner. For more information, see page 247. Muster roll for October 1861-March 1862.


 * Appomattox. Bought at Norfolk, Virginia 1861. Dismantled and abandoned February, 1862. Class: Tugboat. For more information, see page 248.


 * Arches. Captured off Long Island June 24. 1863, by the Tacony. Subsequently, the Archer was abandoned of Portland; her crew was transferred to Caleb Cushiny. Subsequently the Archer was recaptured.  Class: Fishing schooner. For more information, see page 248.


 * Arctic. Burned by the Confederates at the fall of the city of Wilmington in 1865. For more information, see page 248. Muster roll for June 1862, July 1863, and April-November 1864 (6 pages).


 * Arkansas (Ram). Built at Memphis, Tennessee and in Yazoo River. Mississippi by contract with John T. Shirley. Destroyed by her crew, August 5, 1862. near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Class: Twin screw ironclad ram. For more information, see page 248.


 * Atlanta (Ram). Formerly the English blockade-running steamer Finyal. It was converted September. 1862, Into an ironclad gunboat and ram at Savannah, Georgia., by Messrs. N. and A. F. Tift. Captured In Wassaw Sound. Georgia., at 5.30 a. m., June 17, 1868, by U. S. steamers Weehawken and Nahant. Class: Screw steamer; Ironclad gunboat and ram. For more information, see page 248. Muster roll for October-December 1862.

Ships names beginning with B

 * Baltic (Ram). Turned over to the Confederate States by the State of Georgia. Surrendered by the Confederates at Nannn Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1805. Class: High - pressure, sidewheel steamer. For more information, see page 248


 * Bartow. Rig: Schooner. For more information, see page 248


 * Bayou City. Chartered by the Confederate Government at Galveston, Texas. Formerly employed as a mail boat between Galveston and Houston, Texas. Class: Steamer. For more information, see page 249


 * Beaufort. Bought at New Berne in 1861. Burned by the Confederates at the evacuation of Richmond April 4, 1805. Class: Screw steamer, iron. Rig: Tug . For more information, see page 249


 * Beauregard (Privateer). Fitted out from Charleston and commissioned October 14, 1861. Captured November 12, 1801. by F . S . bark IF. G. Anderson . Class: Schooner. For more information, see page 249


 * Bienville. Built by contract at Bayou St. John, Louisiana, with John Hughes &amp; Co. Destroyed by her officers in Lake Pontehartrain, Louisiana, in 1802. Class: Light-draft side-wheel river steamer. For more information, see page 249


 * Black Warrior (Schooner). Armed to help defend Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Burned and abandoned by her crew during the fight. Class: Schooner. For more information, see page 249


 * Bombshell. Sunk by Confederate batteries at Plymouth, North Carolina April 18, 1804. Raised and put in service. Recaptured by D. S. S. Mattabesett, May 5, 1864. Class: Steamer. For more information, see page 249

Ships names beginning with C

 * Caleb Cushing. Captured by the Archer in Portland Harbor, April IS, 1803. Set on fire and abandoned to avoid recapture. Class: Revenue cutter. For more information, see page 249


 * Calhoun (Privateer). Commissioned at New Orleans May 15, 1881. Burned by the Confederates after the fall of New Orleans. Class: Side-wheel steamer. For more information, see page 250


 * Carondelet. Built at Bayou St. John under charge of Naval Constructor S. D. Porter. Destroyed by the Confederates on Lake Pontchartraln in 1862. Class: Light-draft side-wheel steamer. For more information, see page 250


 * Caswell. Burned by the Confederates at tin- fail of Wilmington in 1865. For more information, see page 250


 * Charleston. Built in 1863 in Charleston, South Carolina. Destroyed by Confederates at the evacuation of Charleston in 1865. Class: Steamer: ironclad. For more information, see page 250


 * Chattahoochee. Burned by the Confederates on the Chattahoochee River at the close of the war. Class: Wooden steam gunboat. For more information, see page 250


 * Chickamauga. Bought at Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1864. Burned at the fall of Wilmington in 1865. Class: Screw steamer, cruiser. For more information, see page 250


 * Chicora. Built at Charleston, South Carolina. Burned by the Confederates at the evacuation of Charleston in 1865. Class: Steamer; ironclad ram. For more information, see page 250


 * Clarence. Captured by the C. S. S Florida, May 6, 1863. Burned June. 12, 1803; her crew was transferred to the Tacony. Class: Brig. For more information, see page 250


 * Colonel Lovell (Ram). Sunk. June 6, 1802, off Memphis, Tennessee in Mississippi River. Class: Steamer. . For more information, see page 251


 * Columbia. Built at Charleston in 1864. Class: screw steamer. Caught on a sunken wreck at Charleston and broke in two by the falling tide. Was launched not long before the evacuation of Charleston. For more information, see page 251


 * Cotton. Built for the Bayou Sara route and bought in Louisiana in 1862. Class: Side-wheel river steamer. Burned in Bayou Teche, La., by her crew, in January, 1863, in order to avoid capture. In connection with shore battery, engaged, November 3, 1862, the U.S. gunboats Kinsman, Estrela, Calhoun, and Diana. For more information, see page 251


 * Curlew. Bought at Norfolk in 1861. Class: Side-wheel river steamer. Sunk in battle at Roanoke Island, February 7, 1862. For more information, see page 251

Ships names beginning with D

 * Defiance. Purchased at New Orleans, La. Class: Mississippi River Defense steamer. Destroyed by her crew, April 28, 1862, at New Orleans, La., to prevent capture. For more information, see page 251


 * Diana. Captured from the Federals in Atchafalaya River, March 23, 1863. Class: Steamer; wood. Burned in Bayou Teche, April 12, 1863. For more information, see page 251


 * Dixie (Privateer). Fitted out from Charleston, S.C.; name changed to Kate Hale, blockade runner; later, Success. Class: Schooner. Captured, April 15, 1862, by U.S.S. Keystone State, off Georgetown, S.C. For more infomation, see page 251


 * Duane. Seized by Confederates, April, 18, 1861, at Norfolk, Va. Class: Revenue cutter. For more information, see page 251

Ships names beginning with E

 * Brig Echo, see Privateer Jefferson Davis. 


 * Edwards, see Forrest.


 * Ellis. Bought at Norfolk, 1861. Class: Steamer. Captured by the Federals in battle of Elizabeth City, February 10, 1862. For more information, see page 252


 * Equator. Class: Steam gunboat; wood. Burned at the fall of Wilmington, 1865. For more information, see page 252

Ships names beginning with F

 * Fanny. Captured from the Federals, October 1, 1861, in Loggerhead Inlet, N. C. Class: Steamer; iron hull; propeller. Run aground and set on fire by her commander, February 10, 1862, at the battle of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to avoid capture. For more information, see page 252


 * Firefly. Class: Side-wheel steamer; tender to Savannah squadron. Burned by her officers at Savannah, Ga., December 21, 1864. For more information, see page 252


 * Florida, see Selma.


 * Florida. Built by William C. Miller &amp; Sons at Liverpool, England; Purchased from Messrs. Fawcett, Preston &amp; Co., Liverpool, England, who built her engines. Class; Two-bladed screw steamer; cruiser; wood. Boarded and captured by the U.S.S. Wachusettt, October 7, 1864, at Bahia, Brazil, while her captain and half her crew were ashore on liberty. Run into by Army Transport Alliance on November 19, 1864, and sunk November 28, 1864 off Newport News, Va., in 9 fathoms of water. She was known as the Oreto in the port of her construction, and first named Manassas by the C.S. Navy Department. For more information, see page 252


 * Florida. After examination by Captain Rousseau, April 22, 1861, she was purchased and fitted up on the lakes near New Orleans, La. Class: Screw steamer. For more information, see page 252


 * Forrest. Bought at Norfolk in 1861. Class: Steamer; wood. Disabled, February 7, 1862, at battle of Ronake Island, and burned on the ways by the Confederates at Elizabeth City, February 10, 1862. Formerly known as the Edwards. For more information, see page 253


 * Fredericksburg. Built at Richmond in 1863. Class: Ironclad steam ram. Burned by the Confederates below Richmond, April 4, 1865. For more information, see page 253


 * Fulton. Siezed at Pensacola, Fla. For more information, see page 253