USS William G. Anderson (1859)
USS William G. Anderson (1859) was a barque used by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
William G. Anderson -- a fast sailing bark built in 1859 at Boston, Massachusetts, by C. F. and H. D. Gardiner—was initially owned by Edmund Boynton of Boston and acquired at Boston by the Navy on 23 August 1861. William G. Anderson was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 2 October 1861, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William C. Rogers in command.
Read more about USS William G. Anderson (1859): Assigned To The West Gulf Blockade, Searching For Blockade Runners in The Gulf and The Caribbean, Towing Away A 60-ton Ship While The Guards Are Asleep, Stopping A Ship With 350 Kegs of Gunpowder Hidden in Her Hold, Continued Patrols Seeking Blockade Runners, Union Navy Crew Ashore Attacked By Confederate Cavalry, Resuming Her Gulf Coast Blockade Duties, Post-war Decommissioning and Sale, See Also
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