Blockade Runner Shark Captured By USS South Carolina
George W. Rodgers, originally blockade runner Shark, was captured by the screw steamer South Carolina off Galveston, Texas, 4 July 1861 and sent to the U.S. East Coast.
Arriving New York City 24 August, she was sold to a private purchaser 5 November.
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