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.


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


 * C. S. S. 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.


 * C. S. S. 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.


 * C. S. Ram ALBEMARLE. Built on the Roanoke River. N. C, 1804. Sunk at Plymouth, North Carolina about 3 a. m. October 28, 1804, by a torpedo boat in charge of Lieutenant W. B. Gushing, U. S. N. Class: Screw steamer; ironclad For more information, see page 247.


 * C. S. S. ALERT. Seized at Mobile, Alabama by State authorities. Class: Lighthouse tender. Rig: Schooner. For more information, see page 247.


 * C. S. S. APPOMATTOX. Bought at Norfolk, Virginia 1801. Dismantled and abandoned February, 1862. Class: Tugboat. For more information, see page 248.


 * C. S. S. 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.


 * C. S. S. ARCTIC. Burned by the Confederates at the fall of the city of Wilmington in 1805. For more information, see page 248.
 * C. S. Ram ARKANSAS. Built at Memphis, Tennessee and in Yazoo River. Mississippi by contract with John T. Shirley. Destroyed by her crew, August 5, 1802. near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Class: Twin screw ironclad ram. For more information, see page 248.