End-of-war Decommissioning and Sale
She sailed 11 July 1865 for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard 20 July, and decommissioned there 31 July. Genesee was sold 3 October 1867 to Michael G. Kimber of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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“[T]he dignity of parliament it seems can brook no opposition to it’s power. Strange that a set of men who have made sale of their virtue to the minister should yet talk of retaining dignity!”
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