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.


 * C. S. Ram ATLANTA. Formerly the English blockade-running steamer Finyal. It was converted September. 1802, 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.