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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Volunteer (1864-1865)

USS Volunteer, a 209-ton stern-wheel river steamer, was built at Monongahela, Pennsylvania, in 1862 for commercial employment. While in use as a transport by the Confederates, she was captured off Natchez Island, Mississippi, on 25 November 1863 by USS Fort Hindman. The prize steamer was purchased by the Navy in February 1864 and served thereafter in the Mississippi Squadron on patrol, transport and towing duties. Volunteer was present during the enemy attack on Fort Pillow, Tennessee, on 14 April 1864. With the Civil War over, she was decommissioned in August 1865. Sold the following November and renamed Talisman, she remained in civilian use until about 1872.

This page features our only view of USS Volunteer.

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Photo #: NH 49972

USS Volunteer (1864-1865)


Photographed on the Western Rivers in 1864-65, with several barges in the foreground.
Note fancy identification letter "V" mounted between her smokestacks.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 540 pixels

 


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22 February 2000