USS Nathaniel Taylor (1863)

USS Nathaniel Taylor was a Union side wheel steamer.

Commodore Perry captured the schooner, Nathaniel Taylor, in the Pasquotank River, North Carolina, 8 April 1863.

Assigned to the stone fleet

Although the schooner was not sent north for adjudication, the Union Navy purchased her from the New York City prize court 19 May 1863, and she was sunk as an obstruction at Petit Bois Channel.

See also

• American Civil War
• Union Navy
• Confederate States Navy

References

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

External links

• Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships