Assigned To The Mississippi Squadron
Prairie Bird steamed down the Mississippi River in mid-February 1863, to assist USS Juliet, grounded 20 miles below Island No. 10. She then continued on to Memphis, Tennessee, whence she escorted a provision ship to the Yazoo River, where she joined the Mississippi Squadron.
At the end of the month she took up station above the White River to protect a coal depot. In mid-March she shifted to Greenville; in April, she operated at the mouth of the White River; and in May, she returned to Memphis.
Remaining in the Arkansas-White River area into the following spring, she reconnoitered the Sunflower River, as far as Lake George and Silver Creek, with USS Petrel in March 1864. In April she steamed with Petrel and Freestone up the Yazoo River to fire on and pass Yazoo City, Mississippi, in support of Union Army operation against that city. On the 22nd Prairie Bird, having received engine damage, rescued survivors from Petrel, then retired to Vicksburg for repairs.
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