Civil War Union Ships E through G

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Introduction
The information below comes from. Included are the names of ships with information about dates of service in the Civil War, type of ship, name changes, etc.

Ship names beginning with E

 * E. A. Stevens, see Stevens' Battery.
 * E. B. Hale. Purchased, July 27, 1861, at New York, by George D. Morgan, from E. &amp; D. Bigelow &amp; Co. Class: Screw steamer; wood. Sold at public auction, June 20, 1865, at Philadelphia by Samuel C. Cook, for $4,600. Commissioned, September 4, 1861; went out of commission, February 18, 1863. Total cost of repairs was $24,268.14. Description
 * E. D. Fogg, see Cohasset.
 * E. D. Thompson. Purchased at Baltimore, Md., August 13, 1861, by Captain H. S. Stellwagen. Schooner. Purchased to sink, Stone Fleet. Description
 * Eagle, see Rhode Island.
 * Eastport. Captured, February 7, 1862, at Cerro Gordo, Tennessee River, Tenn., by Conestoga, Tyler, and Lexington. Transferred from War Department, January 9, 1863, at which time she was paid for by the Navy Department. Class: Ironclad steam gunboat. April 26, 1864, sunk, 1 1/2 miles below Montgomery, Ark., in Red River, by a torpedo, a short distance above mouth of Cane River. Blown up by Admiral D. D. Porter. Description
 * Ebenezer, see Tawah.
 * Edward. Purchased at New Bedford, Mass., by G. D. Morgan &amp; R. H. Chappell, November 15, 1861. Bark. Purchased to sink. Stone Fleet. Description
 * Elfin. Purchased February 23, 1864, at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Admiral D. D. Porter, from John N. Shunk and others. Class: Steamer. Sunk, November 4, 1864, off Johnsonville, Tennessee River. Purchased under name of W. D. Mann. Most articles of value were recovered in August, 1865, by Acting Volunteer Lieut. G. W. Rogers. She was sunk after a protracted engangement. Description
 * Elk. Purchased at Cincinnati, Ohio, December 8, 1863, by Rear Admiral D. D. Porter, from W. Metcalf et al. Class: Side-wheel steamer. Sold at public auction, August 24, 1865; purchased under name of Countess. Total cost of repairs while in naval service was $4,029.33. Description
 * Ella. Purchased at New York, July 30, 1862, by Rear-Admiral H. Paulding from prize court. Class: Side-wheel steamer; wood. Sold at public auction September 15, 1865, at Washington, to H. R. Hazelhurst, Baltimore, Md., for $26,500, by William L. Wall &amp; Co. Captured November 10,1863, off Fort Fisher, by Howquah. Description
 * Ella and Annie, see Malvern.
 * Ellen. Purchased at Brooklyn, October 10, 1861, from James Horn by Navy Department. Launched in 1855. Class: Side-wheel steamer; ferry boat; wood. Sold at public auction, September 2, 1865, at Bay Point, S. C., to J. J. Springer by Rear Admiral Radford, for $360. Commissioned October 16, 1861, at Brooklyn Navy Yard; went out of commission October 31, 1862. Cost of repairs while in Government service was $2,278.11.
 * Ellen Goldsboro. Purchased at Baltimore, Md., August 13, 1861, by Captain H. S. Stellwagen. Schooner. Purchased to sink. Stone Fleet. Description
 * Ellis.Purchased, from New York prize court, May 19, 1862. Class: Side-wheel steamer. Abandoned and fired in New River, N. C.,November 25, 1862. Captured in action at Elizabeth City, N. C., February 10, 1862. When captured she was commanded by J. M. Cook, formerly of the U. S. Navy. Description
 * Emerald. Purchased August 3, 1864, at Philadelphia, Pa., by Commodore C. K. Stribling from the "Central Sanitary Fair". Class: Steam yacht. In service at Portsmouth Navy Yard, N. H., as ferry boat, from 1865 to 1883. Name changed from Fairy. Total cost of repairs to December 31, 1888, was $14,168.63. Description
 * Emerald. Purchased at Sag Harbor, N. Y., by G. D. Morgan &amp; R. H. Chappell, November 21, 1861. Ship. Purchased to sink. Stone Fleet. Description
 * Emma. Purchased from New York prize court, September 30, 1863, b y Navy Department. Class: Screw steamer; one-quarter inch iron. Sold, November 1, 1865, at public auction, for $9,500. at Boston Navy Yard. Captured, July 24, 1863, by Army transport Arago. Total cost of repairs while in naval service was $2,800.02. Description