Post-war Decommissioning, Sale, and Subsequent Career
After the end of the Civil War, Alfred Robb was decommissioned at Mound City, Illinois on 9 August 1865. Sold at public auction there to H. A. Smith on 17 August 1865, the ship was redocumented as Robb on 9 September 1865 and served on the Mississippi River system until 1873.
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