USS Kinsman (1854)
USS Kinsman (1854) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy from the Union Army during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Read more about USS Kinsman (1854): Commandeered For Union Army Service, Damaged in Action Against Confederate Ironclad Cotton, Transferred To The Union Navy For Service, Ironclad Cotton Sets Itself On Fire While Kinsman Strikes A Mine, Kinsman Strikes A Snag in The River, Sinks With Loss of Six Men
Famous quotes containing the word kinsman:
“Our kinsman Gloucester is as innocent
From meaning treason to our royal person
As is the sucking lamb or harmless dove.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)