USS Charlotte (1862)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Charlotte.

Career (US)
Laid down:	date unknown
Launched:	date unknown
Acquired:	6 November 1862
Commissioned:	1862
Struck:	1867 (est.)
Captured:	by Union Navy forces 10 April 1862
Fate:	sold, 27 April 1867
General characteristics
Displacement:	70 tons
Length:	not known
Beam:	not known
Draught:	not known
Propulsion:	sail
Speed:	varied
Complement:	14
Armament:	2 guns

USS Charlotte (1862) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

Schooner Charlotte captured by the Union Navy

Charlotte, a schooner used as a blockade runner, was captured off Mobile, Alabama, 10 April 1862 by Kanawha; condemned by the prize court at Boston, Massachusetts; purchased by the Navy 6 November 1862; placed under command of Acting Master E. D. Bruner; and assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron.

Assigned to the West Gulf Blockade

Charlotte's first station was in Choctawhatchee Bay, Alabama, from which on 27 December 1862 she sailed up river to capture the steamer Bloomer. The ship had been laid up since the beginning of the War, and Charlotte's men repaired her engines so that she could sail to Pensacola, Florida.

Guarding the East Pass of the Mississippi

The schooner continued to blockade off the East Pass of the Mississippi River, performing reconnaissance through which she was able to report movements of Confederate troops and act as a tender. She was later joined on station by Bloomer, which had been taken into the Navy.

Although the Dictionary of American Fighting Ships does say that the Charlotte guarded the East Pass of the Mississippi River, the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies of the War of the Rebellion lists her as being posted, along with the Bloomer  at the East Pass of Choctawhatchee Bay, also known as the East Pass of Santa Rosa Island, which is near the present day city of Destin, Florida.

Post-war decommissioning

Charlotte was sold at Pensacola 27 April 1867.

References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

See also

• United States Navy
• American Civil War

External links

• USS Charlotte
• List of some references to Charlotts in the ORN
• A specific reference that shows the Charlotte at the East Pass of Santa Rosa Islan