USS Wild Cat (1862)
USS Wild Cat (1862) was a captured Confederate schooner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War. She was put into service by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
Read more about USS Wild Cat (1862): Captured By The Union Navy and Assigned To The South Atlantic Blockade, Going Ashore and Rescuing Inhabitants Under Attack, Wild Cat Loaned Temporarily To The Union Army, Post-war Decommission, See Also
Famous quotes containing the words wild and/or cat:
“Birch boughs enough piled everywhere!
All fresh and sound from the recent ax.
Time someone came with cart and pair
And got them off the wild flowers’ backs.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“In common with other rural regions much of the Iowa farm lore concerns the coming of company. When the rooster crows in the doorway, or the cat licks his fur, company is on the way.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)