Purchased in Philadelphia in 1861
Rachel Seaman was purchased by the Union Navy at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21 September 1861, and was commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard 16 November 1861, Acting Master Quincey A. Hooper in command.
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