This is an index I have compiled for Erik Heyl’s reference work Early American Steamers, published in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Many of vessels listed below saw combat or otherwise participated in the Civil War and the Siege of Petersburg. I will be working with this list to try to discover civilian vessels which were in the vicinity of the Siege of Petersburg from June 1864 to April 1865. Here is a downloadable version in spreadsheet form.
Here is an example of an entry from these books, which were the result of a lifetime of work by Mr. Heyl:
| Early American Steamers Name | Civil War Name | Vol | Pages | Type x = Screw or Prop o = paddlewheel |
Notes | Civil War Mentioned? |
| A. D. Patchin (1846-1853) | 2 | 1 (2 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Adelaide (1854-1880) | Adelaide | 3 | 1-2 | o | Yes | |
| Admiral (1847-1874) | USAT Guide | 1 | 1-2 | o | kept busy transporting troops and supplies to expeditions along Atlantic Coast | Yes |
| Admiral DuPont (1847-1865) | Anglia, Admiral Du Pont | 1 | 3-4 | o | 1864 on ran between NYC and open ports in the south, with occasional trips to Boston | Yes |
| Adriatic (1856-1885) | 1 | 5-6 | o | Panama runs, then England | No | |
| Alabama (1838-1852) | 4 | 1-3 | o | N/A | ||
| Alabama (1850-1878) | USS Alabama | 1 | 7-8 | o | Was at both Fort Fishers and also in the James near Petersburg | Yes |
| Alaska (1867-1885) | 1 | 9 (10 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Albany (1826-1845) | 2 | 3-4 | o | N/A | ||
| Albatross (1851-1853) | 1 | 11 (12 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Albemarle (1865-1882) | 1 | 13 (14 blank) | o | No | ||
| Algoma (1864-1887) | 5 | 1 (2 blank) | x | see CITY Of TORONTO (1839-1888) | ||
| Alhambra (1864-1875) | Alhambra | 1 | 15 (16 blank) | x | Built on speculation created by demand of US War Department for vessels to haul supplies and men. Chartered by US War Dept from January 25 to April 25, 1865. | Yes |
| Alice C. Price (1853-1864) | Alice C. Price | 4 | 5-8 | o | Chartered as troop transport by by US QM Dept, later seized by US Govt | Yes |
| Alida (1847-1885) | 4 | 9-12 | o | Hudson | No | |
| Allegany (1863-1865) | Neptune, USS Neptune | 1 | 17-18 | x | Career confined to blockade duty and dispatch work. | Yes |
| Alleghany (1856-1897) | 5 | 3-5 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Allegheny (1849-1855) | 5 | 7-9 | x | N/A | ||
| Alpena (1867-1880) | 6 | 1-2 | o | N/A | ||
| Amelia (1863-1895) | 6 | 3-5 | o | West Coast | No | |
| America (1847-1854) | 3 | 3-4 | o | N/A | ||
| America (1854-1869) | Coatzacoalcos, America | 1 | 19-20 | o | Chartered by US War Department from March 1861 to Sept 1862 for use in army-navy expeditions on Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Seems to have been in the Pacific as a civilian steamer again after September 1862. Never was involved in Civil War after. | Yes |
| America (1863-1886) | America | 1 | 21 (22 blank) | x | Chartered a few times for military purposes by the QM General’s Office of the US War Department, but isn’t certain this is the correct America. | Yes |
| America (1869-1872) | 1 | 23-24 | o | N/A | ||
| American Eagle (1833-1858) | 3 | 5-6 | o | N/A | ||
| Ancon (1868-1889) | 3 | 7-8 | o | N/A | ||
| Andalusia (1864-1867) | Commodore, USS Iuka | 1 | 25 (26 blank) | x | Built on speculation created by demand of US War Department for vessels to haul supplies and men. Sold as soon as completed to Navy for $130,000. Became USS Iuka and helped capture St. Mark’s, FL. | Yes |
| Anglo-Saxon (1856-1863) | 5 | 11-13 | x | Canada to England | No | |
| Antelope (1847-1888) | 1 | 27-28 | o | California | No | |
| Arabian (1851-1863) | Arabian | 3 | 9-10 | o | Yes | |
| Arago (1855-1869) | Arago | 1 | 29-30 | o | Chartered by US Navy to run down CSS Virginia. Bow reinforced and filled with concrete. After Virginia sunk returned to owners. Chartered from May 1862 to July 1865 by US War Dept as a transport. Could be sent to any port in Atlantic, West Indies, or Gulf of Mexico. | Yes |
| Arctic (1850-1854) | 1 | 31-32 | o | N/A | ||
| Argo (1844-1879) | Argo | 3 | 11-13 | o | Yes | |
| Ariel (1854-1873) | Ariel | 1 | 33-34 | o | War Dept chartered her at various times as transport and supply steamer. In between charters she ran her usual NYC to Aspinwall run in 1862-1865. | Yes |
| Aries (1862-1908) | Aries, USS Aries | 3 | 15-17 | x | Yes | |
| Arizona (1865-1877) | 1 | 35-36 | o | after the war | No | |
| Armenia (1847-1886) | 2 | 5-6 | o | Hudson | No | |
| Arrow (1837-1865) | 5 | 15-17 | o | New York | No | |
| Arrow (1848-1863) | 3 | 18-20 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Atlanta (1864-1865) | Atlanta | 1 | 37 (38 blank) | x | NOT the captured ironclad ram Atlanta. This Atlanta was launched in 1864. Chartered to the US War Dept’s QM’s Office as a troop and supply transport along the Atlantic coast until the end of the war. | Yes |
| Atlantic (1846) | 3 | 21-22 | o | N/A | ||
| Atlantic (1848-1852) | 2 | 7 (8 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Atlantic (1849-1879) | Atlantic | 1 | 39-40 | o | Chartered by the US War Dept at various times for various rates. Chartered throughout the war. | Yes |
| Atlantic (1863-1919) | 3 | 23-24 | x | No | ||
| Augusta (1852-1877) | USS Augusta | 1 | 41-42 | o | Served as a US Navy ship throughout the war. Stationed in the Atlantic. | Yes |
| Augusta (1852-1877) | USS Augusta | 6 | 7-9 | o | sold to US Navy Dept in 1861, commissioned USS Augusta | Yes |
| Aurora (1846-1854) | 5 | 19-21 | o | N/A | ||
| Austin (1860-1876) | Austin, Donegal, USS Donegal | 1 | 43-44 | o | Served as a US Navy ship throughout the war. No captures or actions. | Yes |
| Badger State (1862-1909) | 3 | 25-26 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Balloon (1839-1872) | Balloon | 2 | 9-10 | o | Purchased by QM’s Dept as a transport on Sept 9, 1861. Especially active during 1863 on the Chesapeake forwarding reinforcements for the Union amries in Virginia. Continued service until 1866. | Yes |
| Baltic (1847-1872) | 2 | 11-12 | o-xx-x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Baltic (1848-1876) | Baltic | 6 | 11-13 | o | Oddly worded, but looks like it was chartered by US QM Dept | Yes |
| Baltic (1849-1880) | Baltic | 1 | 45-46 | o | Frequently chartered by the US War Dept, often used as a mail steamer. | Yes |
| Baltic (1849-1880) | 6 | 15-17 | o | under frequent charter to the War Dept, often used as a mail vessel | Yes | |
| Bangor (1834-1888) | 2 | 13 (14 blank) | o | Turkey | No | |
| Bangor (1844-1848) | 1 | 47-48 | xx | N/A | ||
| Banshee (1854-1883) | 3 | 27-28 | o | New York | No | |
| Banshee (1862-1885) | Banshee, USS Banshee | 1 | 49-50 | o | Served as a US Navy ship throughout the war. No captures or actions. Battery of 1 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifle and 2 x 12-pdr. Smoothbores | Yes |
| Bat (1864-1903) | Bat, USS Bat | 1 | 51 (52 blank) | o | Served as a US Navy ship throughout the war. No captures or actions. | Yes |
| Bay State (1846-1864) | 2 | 15-16 | o | No | ||
| Bay State (1848-1883) | was this the New York flag of truce boat? Can’t tell from Heyl’s wording | 6 | 19-21 | o | However, interesting discussion of the ship which became the New York flag of truce boat, difficult to tell which ship it was | No |
| Beaver (1835-1888) | 5 | 23-27 | o | West coast of Canada and British survey ship. | No | |
| Belle (1837-1897) | 3 | 29-30 | o | Albany to New York City | No | |
| Benjamin Deford (1859-1886) | Benjamin Deford | 1 | 53-54 | o | Seized by US War Dept and had charter rates set. Used in army-navy expeditions along Atlantic Coast. Bought by War Dept in 1864 and assigned to QM General. | Yes |
| Benjamin Franklin (1828-1842) | 2 | 17-18 | o | N/A | ||
| Benjamin Franklin (1851-1856) | 1 | 55 (56 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Berkshire (1864) | 4 | 17-18 | o | Burned shortly after launching | No | |
| Bienville (1850-1855) | 6 | 23-24 | o | N/A | ||
| Bienville (1860-1872) | USS Bienville | 1 | 57-58 | o | Bought by US Navy on August 14, 1861. Battery of 8 x 32-pdr. guns. Atlantic early in the war and Gulf along Texas late. | Yes |
| Black Warrior (1852-1859) | 1 | 59 (60 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Black Warrior (1852-1859) | 5 | 29-31 | o | N/A | ||
| Boston (1831-1857) | 3 | 31-32 | o | N/A | ||
| Boston (1850-1864) | Boston | 1 | 61 (62 blank) | o | Purchased as a troop transport by US War Dept in 1863. Service off SC in the Atlantic. | Yes |
| Boston (1851-1871) | 3 | 33-34 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Bradford Durfee (1845-1883) | 5 | 33-35 | o | Massachusetts | No | |
| Bridgeport (1857-1886) | 3 | 35-36 | o | Connecticut | No | |
| Brother Jonathan (1850-1865) | 1 | 63-64 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Brother Jonathan (1850-1865) | 6 | 25-27 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Buffalo (1837-1848) | 2 | 19 (20 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Bunker Hill (1837-1851) | 2 | 21 (22 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Burlington (1836-1854) | 3 | 37-38 | o | N/A | ||
| Cahawba (1854-1874) | Cahawba | 1 | 65-66 | o | Chartered by the US War Dept at various times for various rates. Attached to most joint army-navy expeditions along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Bought by US War Dept on May 1, 1864 | Yes |
| Cahawba (1854-1874) | 6 | 29-31 | o | chartered by and eventually bought by US War Dept, used all over | Yes | |
| Caledonia (1853-1869) | USS Mohawk, Alliance | 3 | 39-41 | x | Florida on blockade, then Boston-Bangor | Yes |
| Calhoun (1851-1883) | Calhoun, USS Calhoun, USAT General Sedgwick | 3 | 43-46 | o | West Gulf Blockading Squadron, then USAT | Yes |
| California (1848-1894) | 1 | 67-68 | o | Panama to West Coast | No | |
| Calypso (1855-1886) | Calypso, USS Calypso | 4 | 19-21 | x | Blockade runner, captured June 11, 1863, then USS Calypso | Yes |
| Canada (1826-1837) | 2 | 23 (24 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Canada (1846-1855) | 4 | 23-24 | o | N/A | ||
| Canada (1853-1871) | 3 | 47-48 | o | Lake Champlain | Yes | |
| Canada (1854-1862) | 1 | 69-70 | o | South America | No | |
| Canada (1867-1926) | 3 | 49-50 | o | N/A | ||
| Canadian (1854-1857) | 5 | 37-39 | x | N/A | ||
| Canonicus (1849-1894) | Canonicus | 2 | 25-26 | o | NOT THE MONITOR CANONICUS. Chartered as a despatch boat by the US War Dept from March 4, 1862 to October 3, 1862. Attached to Burnside 1862 NC Expedition. Participated in Peninsula Campaign. Bought by US War Dept on April 12, 1863. Operated mostly from Fortress Monroe up James River. Was under fire (when, seems like 1863 or later) at Harrison’s Landing and received damage from artillery fire. LOOK INTO THIS! | Yes |
| Capital (1866-1896) | 6 | 33-35 | o | N/A | ||
| Car of Neptune (1808-1821) | 3 | 51-52 | o | N/A | ||
| Carolina (1822-1837) | 2 | 27-28 | o | N/A | ||
| Carolina (1822-1837) | 5 | 41-43 | o | N/A | ||
| Carroll (1863-1894) | Proteus | 1 | 71-72 | x | Built on speculation created by demand of US War Department for vessels to haul supplies and men. Sold as soon as completed to Navy for $160,000. Delivered to Navy on Feb. 4, 1864. Battery of 1 x 100-pdr. Parrott rifle, 2 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifles, 6 x 32-pdr. Smoothbores, and 2 x 12-pdr. rifles. Commissioned as USS Proteus on March 14, 1864. Various duty intercepting blockade runners and helping to capture St. Mark’s, FL. | Yes |
| Caspian (1851-1852) | 6 | 37-38 | o | N/A | ||
| Caspian (1898-1921) | 4 | 25 | o | N/A | ||
| Cassandra (1863-1867) | Cassandra | 3 | 53 (54 blank) | x | Transport and QM Corps | Yes |
| Cataline (1845-1861) | Cataline | 3 | 55-56 | o | Yes | |
| Cataract (1846-1871) | 3 | 57-58 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Catherine Whiting (1865-1899) | 3 | 59-60 | x | Ran along Atlantic coast in 1865. | No | |
| Champion (1859-1879) | Champion | 1 | 73-74 | o | Brought $1,350,000 in specie from Aspinwall to NYC in December 1862. Chartered by US War Dept in 1864-65 for various joint Army-Navy operations along the Atlantic Coast. | Yes |
| Champlain (1816-1817) | 6 | 39-40 | o | N/A | ||
| Champlain (1832-1843) | 2 | 29 (30 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Chancellor Livingston (1816-1842) | 2 | 31-32 | o | N/A | ||
| Charles Morgan (1854-1862) | Charles Morgan (CSS?) Governor Moore | 6 | 41-43 | o | seized by Louisiana authorities and converted to a ram to help with defense of New Orleans in 62 | Yes |
| Charles Townsend (1834-1849) | 2 | 33 (34 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Charleston (1860-1891) | USS Rhode Island | 1 | 75-76 | o | Bought by US Navy on July 18, 1861 and renamed USS Rhode Island. Commissioned on July 29, 1861. Used as a despatch boat until fall of 1862. Converted to a cruiser in November 1862, and sent to search for Confederate ships in West Indies. Joined South Atlantic Blockading Squadron late in 1864. | Yes |
| Charlotte (1864-?) | Charlotte | 6 | 45-47 | o | blockade runner, captured at Wilmington 1/20/65 | Yes |
| Charlotte Vanderbilt (1857-1882) | John Tucker | 3 | 61-63 | o | QM Dept | Yes |
| Chauncey Vibbard (1864-1900) | 3 | 65-67 | o | Hudson River | No | |
| Cherokee (1848-1855) | 1 | 77-78 | o | N/A | ||
| Chesapeake (1838-1847) | 2 | 35 (36 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Chicora (1864-1919) | Letter B, Chicora | 5 | 45-49 | o | blockade runner, interned in Halifax, Nova Scotia after escpaig the fall of Charleston | Yes |
| Chief Justice Marshall (1825-1835) | 3 | 69-71 | o | N/A | ||
| Chief Justice Robinson (1842-?) | 2 | 37 (38 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Chief Justice Robinson (1842-1858) | 6 | 53-54 | o | N/A | ||
| China (1866-1884) | 1 | 79 (80 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| China (1871-1935) | 4 | 27-28 | x | N/A | ||
| Circassian (1856-1876) | USS Circassian | 1 | 81-82 | x | Captured blockade runner commissioned USS Circassian in 1862. Battery of 4 x 11″ Dahlgren Smoothbores, 1 x 100-pdr. Parrott rifle, 1 x 12-pdr. rifle. Used to capture blockade runners in 1862-63. Used as a supply vessel for Federal fleet for rest of the war. | Yes |
| Circassian (1856-1876) | Circassian, USS Circassian | 5 | 51-54 | x | blockade runner, captured 5/4/62; commissioned USS Circassian | Yes |
| City of Albany (1863-1894) | City of Albany | 4 | 29-31 | o | Sold to US QM Dept, June 3, 1863, became a troop transport. | Yes |
| City of Boston (1861-1898) | 4 | 33-35 | o | New York | No | |
| City of Buffalo (1857-1866) | 4 | 37-40 | o-x | Great Lakes | No | |
| City of Fremont (1866-1912) | 4 | 41-42 | x | N/A | ||
| City of Hamilton (1850-1877) | 3 | 73-74 | o | Lake Ontario | No | |
| City of Hartford (1852-1888) | City of Hartford | 5 | 55-57 | o | Often ferried New England regiments on their way to the front from Connecticut to New York | Yes |
| City of Houston (1871-1878) | 3 | 75-76 | x | N/A | ||
| City of Madison (1857-1877) | 3 | 77-78 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| City of New London (1863-1871) | 3 | 79-80 | o | Maybe? | ||
| City of New York (1851-1862) | City of New York New York |
1 | 83 (84 blank) | x | Chartered by US War Dept in 1861. Chartered as transport for 1862 Burnside Expedition to NC. Sank while grounded on the outer bar of Hatteras Inlet on January 13, 1862. | Yes |
| City of New York (1861-1896) | 4 | 43-44 | o | New York to New London | No | |
| City of New York (1873-1880) | 1 | 85 (86 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| City of Norwich (1862-1894) | 3 | 81-82 | o | US QM Dept charter | Yes | |
| City of Pittsburgh (1851-1852) | 1 | 87 (88 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| City of Quebec (1863-1870) | Thistle, USS Dumbarton | 3 | 83-86 | o | Blockade runner, on James River during Siege | Yes |
| City of Richmond (1865-1908) | 3 | 87-89 | o | after Civil War | N/A | |
| City of Toledo (1865-1875) | 4 | 45-46 | o | after the war | No | |
| City of Toronto (1839-1888) | 2 | 39-40 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| City of Toronto (1840-1887) | 5 | 59-60 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| City of Toronto (1864-1883) | 5 | 61-63 | o | Canada | No | |
| City Point (1864-1883) | City Point | 5 | 65-67 | o | chartered to the US QM Dept on 12/24/64 and put in service on the James River forwarding troops and supplies to City Point. Partnered with Dictator, another vessel owned by the same company much of the time they were on the James. | Yes |
| Cleopatra (1836-1852) | 2 | 41-42 | o | N/A | ||
| Cleopatra (1865-1889) | 1 | 89 (90 blank) | x | after the war | No | |
| Clermont (1807-1815) | 2 | 43-44 | o | N/A | ||
| Cleveland (1837-1854) | 2 | 45 (46 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Cleveland (1852-1864) | 2 | 47 (48 blank) | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Cleveland (1860-1901) | 2 | 49 (50 blank) | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Clifton (1854-1866) | 3 | 91-92 | o | Great Lakes | N/A | |
| Clifton (1861-1863) | Clifton, USS Clifton | 4 | 47-49 | o | Purchased 12/02/61 by US Navy Dept, USS Clifton | Yes |
| Clyde (1870-1895) | 1 | 91 (92 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Cobourg (1833-?) | 2 | 51-52 | o | N/A | ||
| Cobourg (1833-1846) | 6 | 55-57 | o | N/A | ||
| Colorado (1864-1879) | 1 | 93-94 | o | trans-Pacific steamer | No | |
| Columbia (1834-1841) | 1 | 95 (96 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Columbia (1850-1862) | 1 | 97 (98 blank) | o | West Coast | No | |
| Columbia (1857-1876) | Columbia | 1 | 99 (100 blank) | o | Chartered by US War Dept throughout the war. One of several ships named Columbia to be chartered in this way, so impossible to tell which was which in printed sources during the war. | Yes |
| Columbus (1835-1848) | 3 | 93 (94 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Columbus (1848-1861) | 1 | 101-102 | x | Central America | No | |
| Comet (1848-1861) | 5 | 69-71 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Comet (1857-1878) | 5 | 73-75 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Comet (1860-1870) | 5 | 77-79 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Commerce (1824-1894) | 2 | 53-54 | o | Hudson | No | |
| Commerce (1843-1850) | 4 | 51-52 | o | N/A | ||
| Commerce (1848-1857) | 6 | 59-61 | x | N/A | ||
| Commodore (1848-1866) | Commodore | 3 | 95-96 | o | US QM Dept charter | Yes |
| Commodore Perry (1859-1907) | USS Commodore Perry | 4 | 61-63 | o | Was on the James during the Siege of Petersburg. | Yes |
| Commodore Preble (1843-1851) | 1 | 103 (104 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Commodore Stockton (1850-1853) | 6 | 63-64 | o | N/A | ||
| Commonwealth (1854-1865) | 3 | 97-98 | o | Hudson River, Long Island, Groton | No | |
| Concordia (1862-1872) | Concordia | 1 | 105 (106 blank) | x | Chartered by US War Dept in 1865, last day of service on August 11, 1865. | Yes |
| Congress (1818-1835) | 2 | 55 (56 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Connecticut (1816-1836) | 6 | 65-67 | o | N/A | ||
| Connecticut (1848-1894) | Connecticut | 4 | 65-67 | o | chartered by US QM Dept | Yes |
| Constellation (1837-1845) | 2 | 57 (58 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Constitution (1825-1849) | 2 | 59-60 | o | N/A | ||
| Constitution (1833-1849) | 6 | 69-71 | o | N/A | ||
| Constitution (1835-1851) | 2 | 61 (62 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Constitution (1861-1879) | Constitution | 1 | 107 (108 blank) | o | Chartered by US War Dept as a troop transport in late 1861. Served on North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in 1862, but left for San Francisco from New York on June 19, 1862. | Yes |
| Constitution (1863-1865) | 3 | 99-100 | x | No | ||
| Continental (1861-1902) | Continental | 3 | 101-102 | o | US QM Dept charter and later owned by QM Dept | Yes |
| Continental (1862-1870) | Continental | 1 | 109-110 | x | Very probably built as speculation. Chartered by US War Dept as a transport from December 1, 1862 to February 23, 1863. Rechartered from June 15, 1863 to August 1864. Bought by US War Dept on August 1, 1864. Kept in active service along the coast until the end of the war. | Yes |
| Corinthian (1864-1892) | 4 | 69-70 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt (1847-1896) | 6 | 73-77 | o | chartered by US QM Dept in 61-62, used as troop transport mainly in Chesapeake Bay area | Yes | |
| Cortes (1852-1865) | 1 | 111-112 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Cortes (1852-1865) | 6 | 79-81 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Costa Rica (1863-1886) | 1 | 113-114 | o | New York to Aspinwall | No | |
| Costa Rica (1868-1887) | 1 | 115 (116 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Crescent (1862-1868) | Crescent | 4 | 71-72 | o | Regular route between New Orelans and New York, but not chartered until after the war ended. | Yes |
| Crescent City (1848-1856) | 1 | 117-118 | o | N/A | ||
| Crescent City (1853-1863) | 2 | 63 (64 blank) | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Crescent City (1853-1863) | 6 | 83-85 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Cricket (1846-1897) | Cricket, L. Boardman | 5 | 81-83 | o | chartered by US QM Dept until about April 1864 | Yes |
| Cuba (1863-1892) | Admiral USS Admiral USS Fort Morgan |
1 | 119 (120 blank) | x | Very likely built as a Civil War speculation. Purchased January 8, 1864 by the US Navy. Battery of 1 x 30-pdr. Parrot rifle, 2 x 12-pdr. Parrott rifles, 2 x 24-pdr. howitzers. Commissioned as USS Admiral. Blockade duty in Gulf of Mexico. Renamed USS Fort Morgan in summer 1864. | Yes |
| Dacotah (1857-1860) | 4 | 73-74 | x | N/A | ||
| Dakota (1865-1886) | Nicaragua Dakota |
1 | 121-122 | o | Built as a speculation and chartered to US Govt at end of war as a transport for several months. | Yes |
| Daniel Drew (1860-1886) | 6 | 87-89 | o | New York | No | |
| Daniel Webster (1833-1841) | 2 | 65-66 | o | N/A | ||
| Daniel Webster (1851-1866) | Daniel Webster | 1 | 123-124 | o | Chartered at various times throughout war by US War Dept. Served near AotP during Peninsula Campaign. | Yes |
| Daniel Webster (1853-1884) | Daniel Webster Expounder |
1 | 125-126 | o | Chartered by US War Dept from March 2-Oct. 2, 1862 while still named Daniel Webster. Chartered as Expounder for a trip in June 1863. Chartered again in 1864. | Yes |
| Darlington (1849-1874) | Darlington, USAT Darlington, USS Darlington | 3 | 103-105 | o | Yes | |
| David Brown (1832-1836) | 6 | 91-92 | o | N/A | ||
| Dawn (1856-1869) | USS Dawn | 3 | 107-108 | x | Purchased by US Navy Dept, on James River during Siege | Yes |
| Daylight (1860-1886) | USS Daylight | 3 | 109-111 | x | US Navy Dept charter, then purchased | Yes |
| Dayton (1853-1873) | 6 | 93-95 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| De Soto (1859-1879) | USS De Soto | 1 | 129-130 | o | Bought by US Navy on August 26, 1861 and commissioned USS De Soto, Battery of 8 x 32-pdrs. And 1 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifle. Sent to Gulf and blockade duty. Toward end of 1862 sent to Philadelphia and new battery of 1 x 11″ Dahlgren gun, 1 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifle, 6 x 32-pdr. rifles, 2 x 12-pdr. Smoothbores. Cruised between Cuba and Florida from February 1863 to June 1864. Returned to Portsmouth and decommissioned. | Yes |
| De Witt Clinton (1828-1843) | 2 | 67-68 | o | N/A | ||
| Dean Richmond (1864-1893) | 4 | 75-77 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Dean Richmond (1865-1909) | 6 | 97-99 | o | after the war | No | |
| Delaware (1852-1865) | Delaware | 1 | 127 (128 blank) | o | Chartered by US War Dept as transport in 1861-62. US War Dept bought her on April 13, 1863. Ran aground and back broken on May 24, 1864. | Yes |
| Detroit (1845-1864) | 4 | 79-80 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Detroit (1859-1873) | 5 | 89-91 | o-x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Dictator (1863-1884) | 5 | 93-95 | o | chartered to Army QM Dept on 2/24/64. Note on the City Point mentions the Dictator was present during the Siege of Petersburg. | Yes | |
| Dirigo (1865-1875) | 3 | 113 (114 blank) | x | Maybe? | ||
| Doris (1864-1886) | Doris | 1 | 131 (132 blank) | x | Chartered as a transport by the US War Department from April 6, 1865 to July 25, 1865, bringing Federal troops north to be discharged. | Yes |
| Douglas (1858-1879) | Douglas, Margaret and Jessie, USS Gettysburg | 6 | 101-104 | o | blockade runner Margaret and Jessie captured 11/5/63; bought by US Navy Dept and commissioned USS Gettysburg | Yes |
| E. K. Collins (1853-1854) | 6 | 105-106 | o | N/A | ||
| Eagle (1813-1838) | 2 | 69-70 | o | N/A | ||
| Eagle (1817-1828) | 2 | 71-72 | o | N/A | ||
| Eagle (1852-1885) | 5 | 97-98 | o | New York | No | |
| Eagle (1862-1870) | 1 | 133 (134 blank) | o | New York to Havana | No | |
| Eagle’s Wing (1854-1861) | 3 | 115-116 | o | No | ||
| Eastern City (1852-1903) | Eastern City, USAT Cossack | 2 | 73-74 | o | Bought by US QM Dept on November 27, 1861 and converted to a troop and supply transport. Renamed to USAT Cossack. Used along Atlantic Coast from 1861-1864 and was involved in most of the joint Army-Navy Expeditions along the coast. Sold to a civilian on October 24, 1864. | Yes |
| Eastern State (1851-1871) | Eastern State | 3 | 117-118 | x | US QM Dept charter and later owned by QM Dept | Yes |
| El Dorado (1850-1857) | 1 | 135 (136 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Electra (1864-1883) | 1 | 137 (138 blank) | x | New York to Providence | No | |
| Eliza Anderson (1858-1898) | 6 | 107-110 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Eliza Hancox (1863-1919) | Eliza Hancox | 4 | 81-84 | o | chartered by US QM Dept | Yes |
| Ellen (1853-1865) | Ellen, USS Ellen | 4 | 85-86 | o | purchased 10/11/61 by US Navy Dept, USS Ellen | Yes |
| Emerald (1844-1858) | 3 | 119-120 | o | N/A | ||
| Emerald (1862-1902) | 3 | 121-122 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Emily B. Souder (1864-1878) | 1 | 139-140 | x | New York to New Orleans | No | |
| Empire (1843-1856) | 2 | 77-78 | o | N/A | ||
| Empire (1844-1870) | 2 | 75(76 blank) | o-x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Empire City (1848-1870) | Empire City | 1 | 141-142 | o | Chartered at various times throughout war by US War Dept. Served in Banks’ expedition to Louisiana. Ran the Vicksburg batteries while the city was besieged. Purchased by US War Dept. on January 27, 1865. | Yes |
| Empire State (1848-1857) | 3 | 123-124 | o | N/A | ||
| Empire State (1848-1887) | 3 | 125-127 | o | No | ||
| Empire State (1862-1916) | 3 | 129-130 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Enterprise (1861-1885) | 6 | 111-112 | o | Canada | No | |
| Eolus (1864-1915) | Eolus, USS Eolus | 4 | 87-90 | o | purchased 7/26/64 by US Navy Dept, USS Eolus | Yes |
| Ericsson (1852-1872) | Ericsson | 1 | 143 (144 blank) | o | Chartered at various times throughout war by US War Dept. as a transport. | Yes |
| Ericsson (1852-1892) (REVISED) | Ericsson | 2 | 79-80 | o | APPARENTLY REVISED FROM VOL 1. Chartered by US War Dept at various times during the Civil War. | Yes |
| Erie (1833-1842) | 2 | 81 (82 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Erie (1836-1841) | 2 | 83 (84 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Erie (1836-1844) | 4 | 91-92 | o | N/A | ||
| Erie (1867-1873) | 1 | 145 (146 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Erie (1867-1873) | 5 | 99-101 | x | N/A | ||
| Escort (1862-1913) | Escort | 3 | 131-132 | o | US QM Dept charter and later owned by QM Dept | Yes |
| Ethan Allen (1859-1901) | Ethan Allen, USS Commodore Barney | 4 | 93-95 | o | Was on the James during the Siege of Petersburg. | Yes |
| Eudora (1844-1854) | 3 | 133-134 | x | N/A | ||
| Europa (1854-1872) | 3 | 135-136 | o | Canada | No | |
| Evening Star (1863-1866) | Evening Star | 1 | 147-148 | o | New York to New Orleans, even during the latter stages of the war | No |
| Experiment (1837-1860?) | 6 | 113-117 | o | Canada | No | |
| Fah-kee (1863-1873) | Fah-kee, USS Fah-kee | 3 | 137-138 | x | Was near Petersburg at some point | Yes |
| Falcon (1848-1865) | Florence Nightingale | 5 | 103-105 | o | New York State Quarantine ship Florence Nightingale | No |
| Fanny (1825-1844) | 2 | 85 (86 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Fashion (1847-1868) | 3 | 139-140 | o | Maybe? | ||
| Fire Cracker (1862-1868) | 4 | 97-98 | o | China | No | |
| Fire Dart (1860-1875) | 4 | 99-100 | o | China | No | |
| Fire Queen (1864-1878) | 4 | 101-102 | o | China | No | |
| Florida (1850-1874) | USS Florida | 1 | 149-150 | o | Sold to the US Navy Dept on April 12, 1861. Battery of 4 x 32-pdr. 57 cwt. Smoothbores and 1 x 20-pdr. Parrott rifle. Commissioned USS Florida and stalked blockade runners in the Atlantic. | Yes |
| Fohkien (1862-1865) | 2 | 87 (88 blank) | o | China and Japan | No | |
| Forest City (1854-1896) | 3 | 141-142 | o | Maine | Yes | |
| Fountain City (1857-1896) | 3 | 143-144 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Francis Saltus (1844-1859) | 3 | 145-147 | o | N/A | ||
| Francis Skiddy (1849-1864) | 3 | 149-151 | o | New York | No | |
| Franconia (1863-1890) | 4 | 103-104 | x | Not in any list of US gunboats or vessels purchased or chartered by US Navy or Govt, but a newspaper article about her demise in 1890 mentioned she was a Federal gunboat | Maybe? | |
| Frank (1835-1861) | 5 | 107-109 | o | New York | No | |
| Franklin (1850-1854) | 1 | 153-154 | o | N/A | ||
| Frontenac (1816-1828) | 2 | 89 (90 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Fulton (1813-1838) | 2 | 91-92 | o | N/A | ||
| Fulton (1855-1870) | Fulton | 1 | 155 (156 blank) | o | Chartered at various times throughout war by US War Dept. as a transport and troop ship. Took part in many army-navy expeditions along the Atlantic coast. | Yes |
| G. J. Truesdell (1864-1916) | 6 | 119-121 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| G. P. Griffith (1847-1850) | 2 | 93(94 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Galatea (1864-1885) | 1 | 157-158 | x | Boston to NYC | No | |
| Galena (1857-1872) | 4 | 105-106 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Garden City (1853-1854) | 6 | 123-124 | o | N/A | ||
| General Banks (1847-1893) | Scotia, General Banks, Fanny & Jenny | 3 | 157-158 | o | Blockade runner, Union civilian steamer, then blocksde runner again! | Yes |
| General Clinch (1839-1866) | (CSS?) General Clinch | 6 | 125-127 | o | defended Charleston Harbor | Yes |
| General Grant (1863-1869) | Onward, USS Grand Gulf | 1 | 159 (160 blank) | x | Built as a speculation and purchased by the US Navy Dept on May 21, 1863. Battery of 1 guns. Commissioned as USS Grand Gulf and attached to cruisers of South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Spent the war chasing blockade runners. | Yes |
| General Greene (1825-1833) | 2 | 95 (96 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| General J. K. Barnes (1865-1878) | General J. J. Barnes | 1 | 161-162 | o | chartered by US War Dept during last half of 1865 to bring home Civil War soldiers | Yes |
| General Jackson (1828-1848) | 2 | 97-98 | o | N/A | ||
| General Lincoln (1832-1850) | 3 | 159-160 | o | N/A | ||
| General Meade (1861-1882) | Bermuda, USS Bermuda | 1 | 163-164 | x | Captured as a blockade runner on April 27, 1862. Bought by US Navy Dept on Oct. 14, 1862. Commissioned as USS Bermuda. Battery of 1 x 11″ Smoothbore and 2 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifles. Sent to Galveston on blockade duty. Spent the war chasing blockade runners. | Yes |
| General Porter (1834-1847) | 5 | 115-120 | o-x | N/A | ||
| General Wayne (1837-1850) | 2 | 99 (100 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| General Whitney (1873-1899) | 1 | 165 (166 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| George Appold (1864-1889) | 1 | 167 (168 blank) | x | No | ||
| George Cromwell (1862-1877) | 1 | 169 (170 blank) | x | New York to New Orleans | No | |
| George Law (1852-1857) | 1 | 171-172 | o | N/A | ||
| George Law (1852-1894) | 3 | 161-163 | o | New York and Maryland | No | |
| George Leary (1864-1900) | George Leary | 4 | 107-109 | o | chartered by US QM Dept as a transport. “…participated chiefly in the various troop movements incident to the Petersburg caqmpaign and siege.” | Yes |
| George Peabody (1857-1890) | George Peabody | 4 | 111-113 | o | chartered by the US War Dept, later bought by US War Dept | Yes |
| George W. Clyde (1872-1926) | 1 | 175 (176 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| George Washington (1830-1884) | George Washington | 6 | 129-131 | o | chartered by US QM Dept for most of the war | Yes |
| George Washington (1862-1877) | 1 | 173 (174 blank) | x | New York to New Orleans | No | |
| Georgeanna (1859-1902) | Georgeanna | 4 | 115-118 | o | Baltimore to Norfolk and then to Old Point early in war, later chartered by US QM Dept for troop movements | Yes |
| Georgia (1835-1878) | 5 | 121-123 | o | under nearly continuous charter to US Qm Dept from Feb 62 on | Yes | |
| Georgia (1848-1859) | 1 | 177-178 | o | N/A | ||
| Georgia (1862-1875) | Japan, CSS Georgia, Georgia | 5 | 125-129 | x | CSS Georgia, a high seas raider, interned and sold at Liverpool, became Georgia, a blockade runner; captured 8/15/64; sld after the war ended | Yes |
| Georgia (1864-1878) | USS Shamoken | 1 | 179-180 | o-x | commissioned after the war ended | Yes |
| Glaucus (1864-1906) | Glaucus | 1 | 181 (182 blank) | x | chartered by US War Dept in June-July 65, transporting soldiers home from the war | Yes |
| Glen Cove (1854-1861) | Glen Cove | 4 | 119-120 | o | Sunk in the James River on May 4, 1861. | Yes |
| Globe (1846-1868) | 2 | 101 (102 blank) | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Globe (1848-1860) | 2 | 103 (104 blank) | o-x | N/A | ||
| Gold Hunter (1849-1870) | Gold Hunter | 4 | 121-124 | o | West Coast | Yes |
| Golden Age (1852-1890) | 1 | 183-184 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Golden City (1863-1870) | 1 | 185-186 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Golden Gate (1850-1862) | 1 | 187-188 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Golden Rule (1863-1865) | 1 | 189-190 | o | NYC to Caribbean | No | |
| Goliah (1849-1898) | 6 | 133-136 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Governor (1846-1861) | Governor | 4 | 125-126 | o | Chartered by US War Dept as a transport, but sank off NC coast in November 1861 | Yes |
| Granada (1855-1860) | 1 | 191 (192 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Granite State (1852-1881) | 3 | 165-166 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Granite State (1853-1883) | Granite State | 3 | 167-168 | o | New England to New York | Yes |
| Great Britain (1830-?) | 2 | 105 (106 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Great Republic (1866-1879) | 1 | 193-194 | o | N/A | ||
| Great Western (1838-1855) | 2 | 107 (108 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Greyhound (1863-1864) | Greyhound | 5 | 131-132 | o | Butler’s HQ boat on the James until she blew up on 11/27/64 | Yes |
| Greyhound (1863-1865) | Greyhound | 6 | 137-139 | x | blockade runner captured 5/10/64, sold to private owner, used between Boston and Canada late in the war, THIS IS NOT BUTLER’S HQ BOAT!!!! | Yes |
| Greyhound (1886-1902) | 6 | 141 (141 blank) | o | See NORTHWEST for complete history. | N/A | |
| Guiding Star (1864-1870) | 1 | 195 (196 blank) | o | New York to New Orleans | No | |
| Gulf Stream (1860-1903) | North Carolina, Annie Childs, Julie Usher, Victory, USS Queen | 1 | 197-198 | x | Captured as a blockade runner on June 21, 1863. Bought by US Navy Dept and renamed USS Queen. Sent to Gulf of Mexico on blockade duty. Chased blockade runners with one success. | Yes |
| Hancock (1827-1834) | 2 | 109-110 | o | N/A | ||
| Harvest Moon (1862-1865) | Harvest Moon, USS Harvest Moon | 3 | 169 (170 blank) | o | purchased by US Navy Dept, Charleston | Yes |
| Hatteras (1865-1882) | 1 | 199 (200 blank) | o | after the war | No | |
| Hattie (1861?-1880) | Hattie, Hattie Brock? | 5 | 133-136 | o | Confusing history, possibly two boats named Hattie or Hattie Brock | Yes |
| Havana (1859-1867) | Havana, CSS Sumter, Gibraltar | 1 | 201-202 | x | Converted to cruiser CSS Sumter by CS Navy Dept. Battery of 1 x 8″ Pivot gun and 4 x 32-pdr. in broadside. Blockaded and without coal in Gibraltar from January 17, 1862. Sold to British in December 1862 as Gibraltar, which became a blockade runner. Chartered by CS War Dept as troop and supply transport in Charleston Harbor, but accidentally fired on by Fort Moultrie and sank on August 31, 1863. Raised and again became a blockade runner. | Yes |
| Havana (1863-1909) | 1 | 203 (204 blank) | x | New York to New Orleans and Havana | No | |
| Henrik Hudson (1845-1865) | 5 | 137-139 | o | New York to Albany | No | |
| Henry Chauncey (1864-1877) | 1 | 205 (206 blank) | o | after the war | No | |
| Henry Clay (1825-1835) | 5 | 141-143 | o | N/A | ||
| Henry Clay (1851-1852) | 4 | 127-128 | o | N/A | ||
| Herald (1842-1885) | 4 | 129-130 | o | Civil War mentioned, but no record of war work that Heyl could find. | Maybe? | |
| Herman Livingston (1864-1879) | Herman Livingston | 1 | 207 (208 blank) | o | Chartered as a despatch steamer by the US War Department late in the war. | Yes |
| Hermann (1847-1869) | 1 | 209-210 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Hero (1844-1879) | Hero | 3 | 171-172 | o | US QM Dept charter | Yes |
| Highlander (1835-1864) | 2 | 111-112 | o | New York | No | |
| Home (1836-1837) | 1 | 211 (212 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Hope (1811-1816) | 2 | 113 (114 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Hope (1864-1866) | Hope, Savannah | 4 | 131-132 | o | blockade runner, captured 10/22/64; sold, renamed Savannah in Jan 65 and chartered by US War Dept | Yes |
| Humboldt (1850-1853) | 1 | 213 (214 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Hunchback (1852-1880) | USS Hunchback | 5 | 145-148 | o | purcahsed by US Navy Dept 12/16/61 and named USS Hunchback. On the James River from May 64 to end of war. | Yes |
| Hunter (1857-1870) | 5 | 149-150 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Huntsville (1858-1877) | Hunstville, USS Huntsville | 1 | 215-216 | x | Chartered by US Navy Dept for three months in May 1861 and then bought on August 24, 1861. Commissioned USS Huntsville with a battery of 1 x 64-pdr. Smoothbore and 2 x 32-pdr. Smoothbores, with 1 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifle added “later”. Spent the war hunting blockade runners in the Gulf. | Yes |
| Huron (1852-1877) | 3 | 173-174 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Idaho (1863-1897) | 4 | 133-134 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Illinois (1837-1863) | 3 | 175-176 | o | New York, maybe Maine | No | |
| Illinois (1838-1868) | 6 | 143-144 | o-x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Illinois (1849-1865) | 6 | 145-147 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Illinois (1851-1888) | Illinois | 1 | 217-218 | o | Chartered as a transport by the US War Department in October 1861. Attached to DuPont-Sherman Expedition against Port Royal and Beaufort, SC. Served as normal as a steamer from Oct 1863 to June 1864. Bought by US War Dept. in January 1865 and used her as transport and supply ship through end of war. | Yes |
| Illinois (1853-1859) | 3 | 177-178 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Independence (1850-1853) | 1 | 219 (220 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| India (1871-1945) | 4 | 135-136 | x | N/A | ||
| Indian (1855-1859) | 5 | 151-152 | x | N/A | ||
| International (1853) | 6 | 149-151 | x | N/A | ||
| International (1856-1874) | 3 | 179-180 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Iolas (1842-1867) | Iolas | 3 | 181-182 | o | US QM Dept charter and later owned by QM Dept, definitely at Siege of Petersburg | Yes |
| Iron Witch (1846-1862) | Erie | 3 | 183-185 | o | No | |
| Ironsides (1864-1873) | 3 | 187-188 | xx | Great Lakes | No | |
| Isabel (1848-1863) | Isabel, Ella Warley | 2 | 115-116 | o | Detained by Charleston authorities and turned over to CS Govt. Converted into a blockade runner and named Ella Warley. Captured on April 25, 1862. Sold to a civilian. | Yes |
| Island Home (1855-1897) | 4 | 137-139 | o | Nantucket to Hyannis | No | |
| Island Queen (1854-1877) | Island Queen | 3 | 189-191 | o | Great Lakes | Yes |
| Jackson (1853-1868) | Patapsco | 4 | 141-143 | x | early in 61 runs from New York to Portland (ME), later chartered by US QM Dept | Yes |
| James Adger (1852-1878) | James Adger, USS James Adger | 1 | 221-222 | o | Chartered by US War Dept at beginning of war to ferry 69th NY to Annapolis, MD. Bought by US War Dept on July 26, 1861 and commissioned USS James Adger. Battery of 8 x 32-pdrs. Chased CSS Nashville and also served to chase blockade runners. | Yes |
| James B. Schuyler (1865-1897) | 4 | 145-147 | o | after the war | No | |
| James Kent (1824-1842) | 2 | 117 (118 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| James T. Brady (1864-1869) | James T. Brady | 6 | 157-158 | x | chartered by US QM Dept late in the war | Yes |
| James W. Baldwin (1860-1911) | 3 | 193-194 | o | New York | No | |
| Jamestown (1852-1862) | Jamestown, CSS Thomas Jefferson | 3 | 195-196 | o | James River in 1862 only | Yes |
| Japan (1867-1868) | 1 | 223-224 | o | N/A | ||
| Japan (1871-1936) | 4 | 149-150 | x | N/A | ||
| Jesse Hoyt (1862-1890) | 5 | 153-155 | o | New York | No | |
| Jewess (1838-1856) | 4 | 151-153 | o | N/A | ||
| John Brooks (1859-1902) | John Brooks | 3 | 197-199 | o | US QM Dept charter | Yes |
| John Jay (1830-1852) | 4 | 155-156 | o | N/A | ||
| John L. Stephens (1852-1880) | 1 | 225-226 | o | West Coast | No | |
| John Mason (1834-1861) | 6 | 159-161 | o | New York | No | |
| John Munn (1847-1863) | 3 | 201-202 | o | Canada | No | |
| John Otis (1883-1917) | 6 | 163 (164 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| John P. Jackson (1860-1871) | John P. Jackson, USS J. P. Jackson | 4 | 157-159 | o | NY/NJ ferry early in the war, purchased by US Navy Dept 11/6/61, USS J. P. Jackson | Yes |
| John S. McKim (1844-1858) | 1 | 227-228 | x-o | N/A | ||
| John Stevens (1846-1904) | 4 | 161-162 | o-xx | damaged before the war and not rebuilt until late 1865 | No | |
| John W. D. Pentz (1863-1869) | Massachusetts, John W. D. Pentz | 3 | 203 (204 blank) | o | see Massachusetts | |
| John W. Richmond (1838-1843) | 2 | 119-120 | o | N/A | ||
| Joseph Whitney (1854-1888) | Joseph Whitney, USAT McClellan | 1 | 229 | o | Chartered by US War Dept on January 1, 1861 to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. Bought by US War Dept in August 1861 and renamed McClellan. Used as a transport throughout the war. | Yes |
| Juniata (1848-1888) | Juniata | 4 | 163-164 | o | towboat, chartered by US QM Dept early in the war several times | Yes |
| Jupiter (1849-1865) | Jupiter, Comet | 6 | 165-167 | o | blockade runner captured 6/25/64; purchased by a civilian and renamed Comet | Yes |
| Jupiter (1856-1877) | Jupiter | 2 | 121-122 | o | Converted into a blockade runner in Scotland in 1863, leaving in July 1863. Caught September 13, 1863. Sold to a civilian. | Yes |
| Kaloolah (1852-1862) | 3 | 205-206 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Kathadin (1863-1895) | 4 | 165-166 | o | New England | No | |
| Kennebec (1845-1870) | Kennebec | 2 | 123 (124 blank) | o | Charted by the US War Dept as a transport from March 3, 1862 to February 1, 1863, again in November 1863 and March 1864, and a final charter from August 6, 1864 to May 4, 1865. | Yes |
| Kensington (1858-1871) | Kensington, USS Kensington | 1 | 230 | x | Bought by US Navy Dept on January 27, 1862. Commissioned USS Kensington on Feb. 16, 1862. Battery of 1 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifle and 2 x 32-pdr. Smoothbores. Used most of the time as a supply and mail steamer between Key West and Ship Island at the mouth of the Mississippi River. | Yes |
| Kensington (1858-1871) | Kensington, USS Kensington | 5 | 157-159 | x | purchased by US Navy Dept 1/27/62, commissioned USS Kensington | Yes |
| Keweenaw (1866-1887) | 4 | 167-168 | o | N/A | ||
| Keyport (1852-1917) | Keyport | 6 | 169-172 | o | passenger service in NY early in war, chartered nearly continuously by US QM Dept from Aug 62 to May 65 | Yes |
| Keystone State (1853-1879) | Keystone State, USS Keystone State | 1 | 231-232 | o | Early in the war chartered for several months by the US Navy Dept. Purchased prior to October 1861 and commissioned USS Keystone State. Protected commerce from Confederate raiders early in war. Then hunted blockade runners. Engaged in a fairly large fight on January 31, 1863 off Charleston, SC. After this continued to hunt blockade runners. Moved to North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and was in both Fort Fisher attacks. | Yes |
| Kiang Loong (1862-1873) | 2 | 125-126 | o | China | No | |
| Kingston (1855-1872) | 3 | 207-208 | o | Canada | No | |
| Knickerbocker (1843-1865) | Knickerbocker | 2 | 127-128 | o | Chartered by US War Dept, QM Corps, during McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign from March 6, 1862 to September 29, 1862. Helped move Federal forces to Harrison’s Landing on the James in July 1862. May 1863 served as a hospital transport for the US Sanitary Commission after the Chancellorsville Campaign. Chartered again to QM Corps from December 23, 1864 to January 6, 1865. Driven into shore on the latter date and sank. Wreck burned by Confederates shortly thereafter. | Yes |
| Knoxville (1853-1856) | 1 | 233 (234 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Labouchere (1858-1866) | 6 | 173-174 | o | Canada | No | |
| Lac La Belle (1864-1872) | 4 | 169-170 | xx | Great Lakes | No | |
| Lady Elgin (1851-1860) | 2 | 129 (130 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Lady of the Lake (1842-1855) | 5 | 161-162 | o | N/A | ||
| Lady Stirling (1864-1895) | Lady Stirling, USS Lady Stirling, USS Hornet | 4 | 171-174 | o | blockade runner, captured 10/28/64; bought by US Navy Dept in Nov 64, USS Lady Stirling on April 24, 1865 | Yes |
| Lafayette (1851) | 6 | 175-176 | x | N/A | ||
| Lawrence (1868-1921) | 5 | 163-165 | x | N/A | ||
| Lewiston (1856-1898) | 4 | 175-176 | o | Maine | No | |
| Lexington (1835-1840) | 5 | 167-169 | o | N/A | ||
| Liberty (1863-1876) | Liberty | 1 | 235 (236 blank) | x | Constructed primarily for speculative purposes. Chartered by US War Dept from March 22 to May 20, 1864 as a troop shop and transport. | Yes |
| Linda (1864-1893) | 4 | 177-178 | x | Boston to Nova Scotia | No | |
| London (1845-1856) | 3 | 209-210 | o | N/A | ||
| Louisiana (1846-1857) | 4 | 179-180 | o | N/A | ||
| Louisiana (1854-1874) | Louisiana | 4 | 181-183 | o | Baltimore to Norfolk and then Fort Monroe early in the war, then later Baltimore to Norfolk | Yes |
| Louisville (1853-1857) | 3 | 211-212 | x | N/A | ||
| M. Martin (1864-1920) | M. Martin, but aka Maggie Martin, Mollie Martin, Milton Martin, others? | 3 | 213-214 | o | “under Army orders on the James River during Grant’s campaign against Petersburg…” | Yes |
| Magnet (1847-1909) | 3 | 215-216 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Magnet (1856-1879) | 3 | 217-218 | x-o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Maid of Orleans (1818-1825) | 2 | 131-132 | o | N/A | ||
| Manhattan (1865-1882) | 1 | 239 (240 blank) | o | after the war | No | |
| Manitowoc (1868-1879) | 6 | 177-178 | o | N/A | ||
| Maple Leaf (1861-1864) | Maple Leaf | 5 | 171-175 | o | Canadian boat early in the war, then chartered by US QM Dept as a transport at times in 62 to 64 | Yes |
| Marion (1851-1863) | Marion | 1 | 241-242 | o | Chartered in May 1861 by US War Dept to transport reinforcements to DC. In October, was a transport in army-navy expedition against Port Royal. Under charter again in March 1862 with the Farragut expedition against New Orleans. Hit an uncharted rock and sank in April 1863. | Yes |
| Martha Ogden (1824-1832) | 2 | 133 (134 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Mary Benton (1860-1903) | Mary Benton | 3 | 219-220 | o | US QM Dept charter and later owned by QM Dept | Yes |
| Mary Powell (1861-1920) | 4 | 185-189 | o | Hudson | No | |
| Massachusetts (1816-?) | 2 | 135-138 | o | N/A | ||
| Massachusetts (1835-1859) | 2 | 139 (140 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Massachusetts (1842-1881) | Massachusetts, John W. D. Pentz | 3 | 221-224 | o | chartered by US War Dept, used as despatch boat on Chesapeake Bay | Yes |
| Massachusetts (1860-1892) | Massachusetss, USS Massachusetts | 1 | 243-244 | x | Bought by US Navy Dept on May 3, 1861 and commissioned as USS Massachusetts. Attached to South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Most of the time cruising and doing patrol duty. From 1863 on was mostly used as a mail and supply steamer for the fleet. | Yes |
| Matanzas (1865-1868) | 1 | 245 (246 blank) | x | Cuba to New York | No | |
| May Flower (1849-1854) | 2 | 141-142 | o | N/A | ||
| May Queen (1852-1854) | 6 | 179-181 | o | N/A | ||
| May Queen (1853-1866) | 6 | 183-185 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Mendota (1857-1875) | 3 | 225-226 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Menemon Sanford (1854-1862) | Menemon Sanford | 1 | 247 (248 blank) | o | Chartered by US War Dept in November 1862 and carried 800 men of the 156th NY on Banks’ Louisiana Expedition. She never made it, running aground and being smashed to bits on a reef on December 10, 1862. | Yes |
| Mercedita (1860-1901) | USS Mercedita | 1 | 249-250 | x | Bought by US Navy Dept on July 31, 1861. Battery of 8 x 32-pdr. guns (20-pdr. Parrott rifle added “later”). Commissioned as USS Mercedita on December 5, 1861. Involved in a battle near Charleston on Dec. 31, 1862. Continued in naval service throughout the war. | Yes |
| Merchant (1862-1865) | 3 | 227-228 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Merrimack (1859-1887) | Merrimack | 1 | 251-252 | x | NOT the CSS Virginia, or former USS Merrimack. This was a civilian vessel chartered at various times by the US War Dept for nearly the entire war. Used as a transport in nearly all of the combined army-navy operations along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico. | Yes |
| Messenger (1866-1890) | 4 | 191-192 | x | N/A | ||
| Metacomet (1854-1871) | 2 | 143-144 | o | South America | No | |
| Metamora (1846-1884) | Metamora | 4 | 193-196 | o | NY to Albany early in war, then chartered by US QM Dept | Yes |
| Meteor (1863-1878) | 4 | 197-198 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Metis (1864-1872) | 1 | 253-254 | x | Boston, Providence, NYC, no passengers, freight only | No | |
| Metropolis (1854-1879) | 3 | 229-230 | o | No | ||
| Metropolis (1861-1878) | Stars & Stripes, USS Stars & Stripes | 1 | 255-256 | x | Built as a speculation and sold to US Navy Dept on July 21, 1861. Battery of 4 x 8″ Smoothbores and 1 x 20-pdr. rifle. Commissioned as USS Stars & Stripes and ordered to blockade duty at Charleston. Later attached to Burnside Expedition to NC. Helped capture New Berne, NC. Went back to blockade duty. Engaged in the expeditions against St. Marks, FL in Feb-Mar 1864. | Yes |
| Mexico (1851-1870) | Mexico, CSS General Bragg, USS General Bragg | 6 | 187-189 | o | impressed into Confederate service at New Orleans in early 62, renamed General Bragg, captured at Battle of New Orleans, renamed USS General Bragg | Yes |
| Miantonomi (1850-1867) | Taminend | 4 | 199-202 | o | Newark to NYC | No |
| Michigan (1833-1854) | 2 | 145 (146 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Michigan (1847-1865) | 3 | 231-232 | o | No | ||
| Milwaukee (1837-1842) | 2 | 147-148 | o | N/A | ||
| Milwaukee (1837-1842) | 6 | 197-200 | o | N/A | ||
| Milwaukee (1859-1868) | 5 | 177-179 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Mineral Rock (1856-1896) | 4 | 203-204 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Minesota (1851-1861) | 2 | 149-150 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Mississippi (1853-1863) | 2 | 151 (152 blank) | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Mississippi (1859-1869) | Mississippi | 1 | 257-258 | x | Chartered by US War Dept in March 1862 as a transport for the expedition to Ship Island at the mouth of the Mississippi and the capture of New Orleans. After she was chartered from time to time throughout the war. Ran aground near South-west Pass in July 1864 but was freed. | Yes |
| Mississippi (1861-1883) | Memphis, USS Memphis | 1 | 259-260 | x | Originally a British blockade runner named Memphis. Captured on August 3, 1862. Bought by US Navy Dept and commissioned as USS Memphis. Got in a fight near Charleston on January 31, 1863. | Yes |
| Missouri (1862-1872) | Union, USS Missouri | 1 | 261 (262 blank) | x | Undoubtedly built as a speculation. Sold to US Navy Dept on January 3, 1863 and commissioned USS Missouri. Used on blockade duty and cruises along coast. Nothing noteworthy or interesting happened with her. | Yes |
| Mohawk (1856-1898) | 4 | 205-206 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Moneka (1865-1890) | 3 | 233-234 | x | N/A | ||
| Monmouth (1835-1856) | 6 | 201-204 | o | N/A | ||
| Monohansett (1862-1904) | Monohansett | 2 | 153-154 | o | Chartered by US War Dept on August 23, 1862. Sent to Potomac where she served as a troop and supply transport. Attached to New Berne-Hilton Head Expedition in March and April 1864. Later went to James River. Attached to General Grant’s HQ, becoming a despatch boat and also acting as his HQ. Stationed mostly at City Point during the Petersburg Campaign. President and Mrs. Lincoln spent time on board on multiple visits to Grant. | Yes |
| Montana (1865-1877) | 1 | 263 (264 blank) | o | after the war | No | |
| Montgomery (1858-1877) | Montgomery, USS Montgomery | 1 | 265-266 | x | Chartered in May 1861 by US Navy Dept for three months. Bought by US Navy Dept on August 24, 1861. Commissioned USS Montgomery and given a battery of 1 x 8″ and 4 x 32-pdr. Smoothbores. The battery was changed several times. Routine service throughout the war. | Yes |
| Monumental City (1850-1853) | 1 | 267 (268 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Morning Star (1862-1868) | 6 | 205-207 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Morning Star (1863-1870) | 1 | 269 (270 blank) | o | New York to New Orleans | No | |
| Morro Castle (1864-1883) | 1 | 271 (272 blank) | o | New York to Cuba | No | |
| Moses Taylor (1857-1877) | 1 | 273-274 | x | West Coast | No | |
| Mount Savage (1853-1868) | USS Mystic | 3 | 235-237 | x | Definitely at the Siege of Petersburg | Yes |
| Mount Vernon (1846-1885) | USS Mount Washington | 4 | 207-209 | o | purchased by Army and then resold to US Navy Dept, renamed USS Mount Washington, in the James River in 1864 | Yes |
| Mystic (1852-1865) | Mystic | 3 | 239-240 | o | US QM Dept charter and later owned by QM Dept | Yes |
| Napoleon (1830-1857) | 5 | 189-192 | o | N/A | ||
| Napoleon (1856-1871) | 5 | 193-194 | o | Canada | No | |
| Narragansett (1866-1901) | 5 | 195-197 | o | N/A | ||
| Nashville (1853-1863) | Nashville, Thomas Wragg, Rattlesnake, CSS Nashville | 1 | 277-278 | o | Seized by SC and turned over to CS Navy in 1861. Clipped through blockade on October 26, 1861 and became a cruiser and blockade runner. Went to Nassau in 1862, put under British registry, and became blockade runner Thomas W. Wragg. Ran aground in the Ogeechee River in February 1863, and was sunk by Union ships there. | Yes |
| Naushon (1845-1879) | Naushon | 4 | 211-213 | o | chartered by QM Dept for transport service | Yes |
| Nautilus (1866-1894) | 4 | 215-216 | o | N/A | ||
| Nebraska (1865-1878) | 1 | 279-280 | o | after the war | No | |
| Nelly Baker (1854-1863) | 5 | 199-201 | o | In Maine early in the war, chartered by US QM Dept in 62-63 and then purchased by same in 63 | Yes | |
| Neptune (1838-1846) | 1 | 281 (282 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Neptune (1856-1874) | 3 | 241-242 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Neptune (1865-1905) | 1 | 283 (284 blank) | x | New York to Boston, freight only | No | |
| Nereus (1864-1891) | 1 | 285 (286 blank) | x | Boston, Providence, NYC, no passengers, freight only | No | |
| Neshannock (1865-1871) | 3 | 243-244 | x | No | ||
| Nevada (1865-1885) | Paon Shan | 1 | 287-288 | o | Built as a speculation and launched March 18, 1865. Chartered by US War Dept as a transport during final months of Civil War. | Yes |
| Nevada (1865-1885) | Paou Shan | 6 | 209-211 | o | launched 3/18/65 and chartered by US War Dept as a transport late in the war | Yes |
| New Champion (1842-1887) | 3 | 245-246 | o | may have been chartered to the QM Dept as the Champion, Heyl is unclear | Maybe? | |
| New England (1833-1838) | 2 | 155 (156 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| New England (1837-1848) | 6 | 213-215 | o | N/A | ||
| New Era (1849-1868) | 3 | 247-248 | o | Canada | No | |
| New Haven (1835-1877) | 2 | 157-158 | o | NY/NJ | No | |
| New Orleans (1844-1849) | 2 | 159 (160 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| New Orleans (1847-1861) | 6 | 217-219 | o | China | No | |
| New World (1848-1864) | New World | 4 | 217-219 | o | Dismantled hull of the New World was taken to the James River, VA, where it served as a hospital ship during Grant’s Siege of Petersburg. | Yes |
| New World (1850-1879) | 1 | 297-298 | o | West Coast | No | |
| New World (1850-1879) | 6 | 221-223 | o | West Coast | No | |
| New York (1822-1829) | 1 | 291-292 | o | N/A | ||
| New York (1836-1876) | 2 | 161-162 | o | Hudson | No | |
| New York (1837-1846) | 1 | 293 (294 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| New York (1837-1846) | 6 | 225-226 | o | After the war | N/A | |
| New York (1851-1890) | New York, “Flag of Truce Ship” | 3 | 249-250 | o | chartered by US QM Dept, stationed at Fort Monroe and widely known as the Flag of Truce ship, and carried mail and exchanged POWs between there and Aiken’s landing on the James River | Yes |
| New York (1864-1890) | 1 | 295-296 | o | No | ||
| New York (1864-1895) | 6 | 227-229 | o | Aspinwall to New York | No | |
| Newport (1880-1932) | 1 | 289 (290 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Niagara (1840-1859) | 3 | 251-252 | o | N/A | ||
| Niagara (1845-1856) | 2 | 163 (164 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Niagara (1845-1864) | Niagara, USAT Suffolk | 3 | 253-254 | o | US QM Dept charter and later owned by QM Dept | Yes |
| Niagara (1845-1897) | 3 | 255-256 | o | Hudson River | No | |
| Niagara (1865-1875) | 1 | 299 (300 blank) | o | after the war | No | |
| Nightingale (1863-1868) | Nightingale | 3 | 257-258 | x | US QM Dept charter | Yes |
| Nile (1843-1850) | 2 | 165 (166 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Nimrod (1835-1858) | 5 | 203-205 | o | N/A | ||
| Nina (1848-1863) | Nina | 6 | 231-232 | o | blockade runner, but very little info on this ship other than what is found in ORNs | Yes |
| Norman (1862-1909) | 4 | 221-222 | x | No records of charters during Civil War, ran between Boston and Philly | Maybe? | |
| North America (1827-1839) | 2 | 167 (168 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| North America (1839-1846) | 2 | 169-170 | o | N/A | ||
| North America (1840-1863) | North America | 2 | 171-172 | o | Chartered by US QM Dept as a transport from March 5, 1862 to September 20, 1862. Chartered again from February 5 to 20, 1863 and again from April 3 to 6, 1863. Probably this North America (apparently there were a few and hard to keep track of) particpated in the Vicksburg Campaign. Purchased by QM Dept on July 9, 1863. Condemned at New Orleans on October 8, 1863. Set on fire and destroyed not long after. | Yes |
| North America (1850-1852) | 6 | 233-235 | o | N/A | ||
| North America (1862-1879) | Union, USS Fort Jackson | 1 | 301-302 | o | Sold on completion as Union to US Navy Dept on July 20, 1863. Commissioned USS Fort Jackson. Battery of 1 x 100-pdr. Parrott rifle, 2 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifles, and 8 x 9″ Dahlgren Smoothbores. Joined the NABS on Sept. 2, 1863. Used for blockade duty, for a few minor expeditions, and in the Fort Fisher attacks. Then sent to Gulf of Mexico on blockade duty. | Yes |
| North American (1856-1874) | 5 | 207-210 | x | Liverpool to Canada | No | |
| North Star (1853-1865) | 1 | 303-304 | o | New York to Chagres | No | |
| North Star (1854-1862) | 3 | 259-260 | o | Cleveland | No | |
| Northern Indiana (1852-1856) | 2 | 173 (174 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Northern Light (1851-1875) | 1 | 307-308 | o | New York to Nicaragua | No | |
| Northern Light (1858-1873) | 4 | 223-224 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Northerner (1847-1860) | 1 | 305 (306 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Northerner (1850-1876) | Northerener, USAT Northerner | 3 | 261-262 | o | purchased by US QM Dept, sefved on East Coast all through the war | Yes |
| Northwest (1867-1902) | 6 | 237-240 | o | N/A | ||
| Nuhpa (1865-1896) | 4 | 225-226 | x | Hudson | No | |
| Ocean (1849-1854) | 1 | 309 (310 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Ocean (1850-1866) | 3 | 263-264 | o | No | ||
| Ocean Queen (1857-1874) | Ocean Queen | 1 | 311-312 | o | Chartered by US War Dept from Oct. 5, 1861 to January 15, 1862. Assigned as US Sanitary Commission hospital steamer on York River in May 1862. Used as a transport in New Orleans Expedition. Seems to be the end of Civil War service. | Yes |
| Ocean Wave (1852-1853) | 2 | 175 (176 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Ocean Wave (1853-1871) | Ocean Wave | 4 | 227-229 | o | Chartered by US QM Dept | Yes |
| Oceanus (1864-1866) | 1 | 313 (314 blank) | x | New York to Boston | No | |
| Ohio (1848-1859) | 2 | 177-178 | x | N/A | ||
| Ohio (1848-1860) | 1 | 315-316 | o | N/A | ||
| Old Dominion (1872-1937) | 1 | 317 (318 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Oliver Ellsworth (1824-1853) | 2 | 179-180 | o | N/A | ||
| Oneida (1862-1893) | 4 | 231-232 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Ontario (1816-1832) | 2 | 181 (182 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Ontario (1847-1883) | 3 | 265-266 | o | New York | No | |
| Ontario (1856-1894) | 2 | 183 (184 blank) | o | see Commerce | ||
| Ontario (1867-1885) | 1 | 319-320 | x | N/A | ||
| Ontario (1867-1885) | 5 | 211-214 | x | N/A | ||
| Ontonagon (1856-1883) | 4 | 233-235 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Oregon (1845-1849) | 2 | 187 (188 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Oregon (1845-1863) | 2 | 185-186 | o | New York | No | |
| Oregon (1845-1877) | 5 | 215-217 | o | Canada | No | |
| Oregon (1848-1880) | 1 | 321-322 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Oregonian (1866-1885) | 1 | 323 (324 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Oregonian (1866-1890) | 6 | 241-242 | o | N/A | ||
| Oriflamme (1863-1890) | Oriflamme | 1 | 325 (326 blank) | o | Ordered by the US Navy Dept and constructed as a gunboat. But was not finished prior to the Civil War. | Yes |
| Orion (1866-1870) | 6 | 243-244 | o | N/A | ||
| Orizaba (1854-1887) | 1 | 327-328 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Oseola (1838-1858) | 4 | 237-239 | o | N/A | ||
| Osiris (1838-1861) | Osiris, (CSS Osiris?) | 2 | 189-190 | o | Civilian steamer running between Charleston, SC and Sullivan’s Island, taken over by Confederate authorities early in the war. Heyl has no further record. | Yes |
| Osprey (1847-1859) | 3 | 267-268 | o | N/A | ||
| Otter (1853-1890) | 5 | 219-221 | x | West Coast | No | |
| Owego (1853-1867) | 4 | 241-242 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Pacific (1849-1856) | 1 | 329-330 | o | N/A | ||
| Pacific (1850-1875) | 1 | 331-332 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Pajaro Del Oceano (1856-?) | 1 | 333 (334 blank) | o | see William Norris | ||
| Palmetto (1846-1851) | 1 | 335 (336 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Palmyra (1864-1869) | Deer, Palmyra | 1 | 337 (338 blank) | o | British blockade runner captured at Charleston on February 18, 1865. | Yes |
| Palmyra (1864-1875) | Deer, Palmyra | 6 | 245-246 | o | blockade runner Deer captured 2/18/65, sold to a civilian and renamed Palmyra, no further Civil War record | Yes |
| Panama (1848-1870) | 1 | 339-340 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Paragon (1811-1821) | 2 | 191 (192 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Parker Vein (1853-1863) | USS Sumpter | 3 | 269-271 | x | Yes | |
| Passaic (1862-1891) | 3 | 273-274 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Passport (1846-1921) | 4 | 243-245 | o | Canada | No | |
| Pearl (1851-1870) | 4 | 247-248 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Peerless (1853-1861) | Peerless | 3 | 275-276 | o | lost during 1861 Port Royal Expedition | Yes |
| Peerless (1872-1910) | 3 | 277 (278 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Penobscot (1843-1857) | 1 | 341 (342) | o | N/A | ||
| Pequot (1864-1911) | 1 | 343 (344 blank) | x | New York, Providence, Boston, freight only | No | |
| Perry (1846-1896) | Perry | 3 | 279-280 | o | US QM Dept charter, used for towing | Yes |
| Perseverance (1811-1814) | 2 | 193 (194 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Pewabic (1863-1865) | 4 | 249-250 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Philadelphia (1812-1827) | 2 | 195-196 | o | N/A | ||
| Philadelphia (1849-1866) | Philadelphia | 6 | 247-248 | o | chartered at various times by US War Dept | Yes |
| Philadelphia (1859-1873) | USS Philadelphia | 3 | 281-282 | o | North Carolina | Yes |
| Philadelphia (1867-1893) | 3 | 283-284 | x | N/A | ||
| Philo Parsons (1861-1874) | Philo Parsons | 3 | 285-286 | o | Great Lakes | Yes |
| Phineas Sprague (1857-1876) | USS Flag | 1 | 345-346 | x | Bought by the US Navt Dept on April 26, 1861. Commissioned USS Flag in May 1861. Battery of 6 x 8″ Smoothbores. Later battery of 4 x 8″ Dahlgren guns, 1 11″ Dahlgren pivot gun, and 2 x 30-pdr. rifles. Sent on blockade duty in the Atlantic off the Carolinas and Georgia. Involved in at least one small skirmish and several captures throughout the war. | Yes |
| Phoenix (1808-1816) | 2 | 197-198 | o | N/A | ||
| Phoenix (1815-1819) | 2 | 199-200 | o | N/A | ||
| Phoenix (1820-1837) | 2 | 201-202 | o | N/A | ||
| Phoenix (1845-1847) | 6 | 249-251 | xx | N/A | ||
| Pioneer (1851-1852) | 1 | 347(348 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Planet (1855-1867) | 4 | 251-253 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Ploughboy (1851-1870) | 4 | 255-257 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Plymouth Rock (1854-1863) | 2 | 203 (204 blank) | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Plymouth Rock (1854-1886) | 3 | 287-288 | o | New York to Connecticut | No | |
| Plymouth Rock (1864-1878) | Plymouth Rock, Foong Shuey | 3 | 289-290 | o | China | No |
| Pocahontas (1829-1862) | Pocahontas | 3 | 291-294 | o | chartered by US War Dept, destroyed during 1862 Burnside Expedition | Yes |
| Politkofsky (1866-1897) | 6 | 253-255 | o | N/A | ||
| Portland (1835-1854) | 1 | 349 (350 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Portsmouth (1853-1867) | 5 | 223-225 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| President (1829-1842) | 2 | 205-206 | o | N/A | ||
| Prince Alfred (1859-1884) | 2 | 207-208 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Prince of Wales (1842-1862) | 6 | 257-258 | o | Canada | No | |
| Prince of Wales (1860-1894) | 4 | 259-260 | o | Canada | No | |
| Princess Royal (1841-1865) | Princess Royal West Point | 4 | 261-264 | o | In Canada early in the war, then chartered by QM Dept, sank on 8/13/62 | Yes |
| Princess Royal (1861-1874) | Princess Royal, USS Princess Royal | 1 | 351-352 | x | Probable she was built for blockade running purposes. Seized by US Navy on January 29, 1863. Bought March 18, 1863 by US Navy Dept. Battery of 2 30-pdr. Parrott rifles, 1 x 11″ Dahlgren, and 4 x 24-pdr. howitzers. Commissioned USS Princess Royal. Had one small fight as well as captures of blockade runners. | Yes |
| Princeton (1845-1854) | 2 | 209 (210 blank) | xx | N/A | ||
| Prometheus (1850-1859) | 6 | 259-260 | o | N/A | ||
| Providence (1832-1843) | 6 | 261-262 | o | N/A | ||
| Pulaski (1837-1838) | 1 | 353 (354 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Quaker City (1854-1875) | USS Quaker City | 1 | 355-356 | o | Bought by US Navy Dept in May 1861 and commissioned USS Quaker City. Attached to squadron off Ft. Monroe. Did blockade duty and on patrol for 1861-62. Sent to blockade duty off Charleston in 1863. Small fight there January 31. Damaged and repaired and sent back on blockade duty. Attacked Fort Fisher twice. | Yes |
| Queen Charlotte (1818-1838) | 2 | 211 (212 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Queen City (1848-1862) | 5 | 233-235 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Queen of the West (1853-1863) | 2 | 213 (214 blank) | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Queen Victoria (1837-?) | 6 | 263-265 | o | Canada, and/or before the war | No | |
| Queen Victoria (1860-1883) | 3 | 295-296 | o | Canada | No | |
| Queenston (1825-?) | 2 | 215 (216 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| R. E. Lee (1860-1870) | Giraffe, R. E. Lee, Robert E. Lee, USS Fort Donelson | 1 | 361-362 | o | Started as Confederate blockade runner. Made 21 successful trips in 1862-1863 before being captured on November 9, 1863. Sold to US Navy Dept and commissioned USS Fort Donelson. Battery of 2 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifles and 5 x 12-pdr. rifles. Sent on blockade duty. Participated in second attack on Fort Fisher. | Yes |
| R. E. Lee (1860-1870) | Giraffe, R. E. Lee OR Robert E. Lee, USS Fort Donelson | 6 | 267-269 | o | blockade runner Robert E. Lee captured 11/9/63; purchased by US Navy Dept and commissioned USS Fort Donelson | Yes |
| R. N. Rice (1866-1877) | 4 | 265-267 | o | N/A | ||
| R. R. Cuyler (1860-1867) | R. R. Cuyler, USS R. R. Cuyler | 1 | 371-372 | x | Chartered on April 21, 1861 to bring 71st NY State Militia to DC. Chartered for three months in May 1861 by US War Dept. US War Dept bought her after and commissioned USS R. R. Cuyler. Battery of 2 x 32-pdr. 57 cwt., 6 x 32-pdr. 33 cwt., and 2 x “rifles”. Sent on blockade duty in mid-1861. Spent most of her time on blockade duty and hunting Confederate cruisers. | Yes |
| R. W. Sherman | 3 | 297-298 | o | Canada | No | |
| Raleigh (1865-1867) | 1 | 357 (358 blank) | o | after the war | No | |
| Rapidan (1865-1886) | 1 | 359 (360 blank) | o | after the war | No | |
| Raritan (1809-1820) | 2 | 217 (218 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Reindeer (1850-1852) | 4 | 269-271 | o | N/A | ||
| Reindeer (1863-1899) | 4 | 273-275 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Republic (1849-1866) | 1 | 363-364 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Rhode Island (1836-1850) | 2 | 219-220 | o | N/A | ||
| Richard Stockton (1852-1895) | 4 | 277 | o | Amboy-NY | No | |
| Rip Van Winkle (1845-1872) | 2 | 221-222 | o | Hudson | No | |
| Rising Star (1865-1877) | 1 | 365 (366 blank) | o | after the war | No | |
| River Queen (1864-1911) | River Queen | 3 | 299-300 | o | US QM Dept charter, used as U. S. Grant’s personal headquarters and dispatch boat | Yes |
| Roanoke (1851-1864) | Roanoke | 1 | 367 (368 blank) | o | Chartered by US War Dept on Oct. 5, 1861 as a transport. Attached to Sherman-DuPont Expedition against Port Royal. Resumed normal operations until seized by Confederates on Sept. 28, 1864. They sailed her to Bermuda, but British authorities would not allow fuel or munitions to be purchased, negating the plan to make her a Confederate raider. Confederates sailed her out of port and set fire to her to prevent Union use. | Yes |
| Robert Fulton (1819-1825) | 1 | 369-370 | o | N/A | ||
| Robert L. Stevens (1834-1861) | 2 | 223-224 | o | New York | No | |
| Rochester (1836-1852) | 2 | 225-226 | o | N/A | ||
| Rochester (1863-1920) | 6 | 271-272 | o | Canada | No | |
| Rocket (1857-1879) | 5 | 237-239 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Roger Williams (1845-1853) | 5 | 241-242 | o | N/A | ||
| Roman (1866-1887) | 4 | 281-282 | o | N/A | ||
| Rothesay Castle (1861-1889) | Rothesay Castle | 2 | 227-228 | o | Originally from Scotland. Sold as a blockade runner in August 1863. Never captured. | Yes |
| Royal Tar (1835-1836) | 2 | 229-230 | o | N/A | ||
| Royal William (1831-1840) | 4 | 283-285 | o | N/A | ||
| S. R. Spaulding (1859-1869) | S. R. Spaulding | 1 | 405-406 | o | Chartered by US War Department for the war from Sept. 9, 1861. Stationed on York and Pamunkey Rivers during Peninsula Campaign, and used as hospital ships by US Sanitary Commission. Later used as transport along Atlantic Coast. | Yes |
| S. S. Lewis (1851-1853) | 1 | 407-408 | x | N/A | ||
| Sacramento (1864-1872) | 1 | 373 (374 blank) | o | West Coast | No | |
| Saguenay (1853-1861) | 6 | 273-274 | o | Canada | No | |
| Salvor (1856-1877) | M. S. Perry | 1 | 377 (378 blank) | x | Used as a blockade runner with British owners. Captured on October 13, 1861. Wasn’t involved in the Civil War after that. | Yes |
| Salvor (1856-1877) | Salvor, M. S. Perry | 5 | 243-245 | x | blockade runner M. S. Perry captured 10/13/61; sold and chartered to QM Dept for periods of time from 62-64 | Yes |
| Sam Sloan (1882-1916) | 6 | 279-280 | o | N/A | ||
| Sam Ward (1847-1861) | 3 | 305-306 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| San Francisco (1853-1854) | 1 | 379-380 | o | N/A | ||
| Santiago de Cuba (1860-1890) | USS Santiago de Cuba | 1 | 381-382 | o-x | Bought by US Navy Dept on Sept. 6, 1861 and commissioned USS Santiago de Cuba. Battery of 2 x 20-pdr. Parrotts and 8 x 32-pdr “cannon”, but changed several times during the war. Sent to Gulf of Mexico on blockade duty. Blockade duty all over the coasts and eventually fought at both Fort Fisher attacks. | Yes |
| Sarah Sands (1846-1869) | 1 | 383-384 | x | England | No | |
| Saratoga (1846-1854) | 2 | 235 (236 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Saratoga (1865-1875) | 1 | 385 (386 blank) | o | after the war | No | |
| Savannah (1818-1821) | 5 | 247-250 | o | N/A | ||
| Saxon (1862-1907) | Saxon | 4 | 287-289 | x | chartered by US QM Dept twice in 1862 | Yes |
| Scotia (1845-1865) | 6 | 281-282 | o | blockade runner captured late Feb 64, resold to civilian in summer 64, called Little Scotia, no Civil War involvement after | Yes | |
| Seabird (1859-1868) | 6 | 283-284 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Senator (1848-1882) | 1 | 387-388 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Sheboygan (1868-1914) | 6 | 285-287 | o | N/A | ||
| Sierra Nevada (1851-1869) | 1 | 391-392 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Siperior (1831-1859) | 5 | 261-262 | o | N/A | ||
| Sir John Harvey (1852-1860) | 2 | 237-238 | x | N/A | ||
| Somerset (1853-1887) | USS Nereus | 1 | 393-394 | x | Biught by the US Navy Dept and delivered Feb. 4, 1864. Commissioned USS Nereus in April 1864. Battery of 1 x 100-pdr. Parrott rifle, 2 x 30-pdr Parrott rifles, 6 x 32-pdr Smoothbores, and 2 x 12-pdr. rifles. At both attacks on Fort Fisher. | Yes |
| Sonora (1853-1868) | 1 | 395 (396 blank) | o | West Coast | No | |
| South America (1841-1864) | South America | 3 | 307-308 | o | chartered by US War Dept | Yes |
| South America (1861-1879) | USS Connecticut | 1 | 397 (398 blank) | o | Bought on July 18, 1861 by US Navy Dept. Battery of 1 x 18-pdr. rifle on the forecastle, 4 x 32-pdr. Smoothbores broadside. Commissioned USS Connecticut prior to Oct. 16, 1861. Blokade duty and cruises for raiders throughout the war. | Yes |
| South Carolina (1860-1902) | USS South Carolina | 1 | 399-400 | x | Bought by the US Navy Dept on May 3, 1861. Battery of 1 x 32-pder. Parrott rifle and 8″ “guns”. Commissioned USS South Carolina prior to July 2, 1861. Spent the war on blockade duty with a small action at Galveston early in the war. | Yes |
| South Carolina (1864-1891) | USS Winnipeg | 1 | 401 (402 blank) | o-x | Part of “last class of iron double-ended gunboats” built for US Navy during Civil War. Was still unfinished when the war ended. | Yes |
| Southern Belle (1867-1889) | 2 | 239 (240 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Southern Michigan (1852-1863) | 2 | 241 (242 blank) | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Southerner (1846-1858) | 1 | 403 (404 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Southerner (1846-1858) | 6 | 289-290 | o | N/A | ||
| Southfield (1857-1864) | USS Southfield | 4 | 291-292 | o | purchased by US Navy Dept 12/26/61, renamed USS Southfield, sank by CSS Albemarle on April 19, 1864 | Yes |
| Splendid (1832-1857) | 5 | 251-254 | o | N/A | ||
| St. Irenee (19051867-1926) | 3 | 301 (302 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| St. Lawrence (1838-1854) | 2 | 231 (232 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| St. Lawrence (1853-1863) | 3 | 303-304 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| St. Louis (1844-1852) | 2 | 233 (234 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| St. Louis (1854-1878) | 1 | 375-376 | o | West Coast | No | |
| St. Mary’s (1857-1872) | St. Mary’s, Nick King, USS Genesee | 6 | 275-277 | o | blockade runner Nick King scuttled 2/7/64, raised and named USS Genesee 2/9/64 | Yes |
| Star of the South (1853-1870) | Star of the South | 1 | 409 (410 blank) | x | Bought by US War Dept in early 1861. Attached to Sherman-DuPont Expedition against Port Royal in Sept-Oct 1861. Nothing else of note. | Yes |
| Star of the Union (1864-1868) | 1 | 411 (412 blank) | x | after the war | No | |
| Star of the West (1852-1862) | Star of the West | 1 | 413-414 | o | Chartered by US Navy Dept to resupply Fort Sumter prior to outbreak of Civil War. Soon after chartered by US War Dept to evacuate troops from Matagorda Bay, Texas, but arrived after their capture. Captured by the Confederates in early 1861. Used as confederate receiving ship for naval personnel at New Orleans starting in May 1861. Burned at the capture of New Orleans in April 1862. | Yes |
| Star of the West (1852-1863) | Star of the West, CSS St. Philip | 5 | 255-257 | o | captured by Confederates and renamed CSS St. Philip, left New Orleans in 62 just before the city’s capture, used in defense of Yazoo Pass, sunk there on purpose as an obstruction | Yes |
| State of Georgia (1851-1866) | USS State of Georgia | 1 | 415 (416 blank) | o | Sold to US Navy Dept on Sept. 26, 1861. Battery of 6 x 8″ guns, 2 x 32-pdr. guns, and 1 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifle. Commissioned USS State of Georgia. Participated in April 1862 attack on Fort Macon. Then blockade duty. | Yes |
| State of Maine (1848-1871…?) | State of Maine | 2 | 243-244 | o | Chartered by US War Dept from March 4, 1862 to September 4, 1862. Converted into a hospital ship and served with Army of the Potomac. No records, but Heyl is confident she remained as a hospital ship in 1863 up to August 1864. Sent to City Point, Va. during May 1864. Transported wounded from City Point to Fortress Monroe or Newport News. Stationed at City Point during the Siege of Petersburg. Had 500 beds and remained attached to the Hospital Dept of the Army of the Potomac until the end of the war. Her last charter was from August 18, 1864 to August 11, 1865. | Yes |
| Stonington (1866-1894) | 5 | 259-260 | o | N/A | ||
| Sultana (1847-1862) | 2 | 245 (246 blank) | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Sultana (1847-1863) | 6 | 291-293 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Sun (1854-1874) | 6 | 295-296 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Sunbeam (1861-1863) | 4 | 293-294 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Superior (1822-1843) | 2 | 247 (248 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Susan Ward (1863-1870) | 5 | 263-264 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Suwonda (1864-1872) | Suwonda | 4 | 295-297 | o | chartered by US QM Dept as a despatch boat in 1865 | Yes |
| Swallow (1836-1845) | 2 | 249-251 | o | N/A | ||
| Sylvan Dell (1872-1919) | 4 | 299-300 | o | N/A | ||
| Sylvan Glen (1869-1915) | 4 | 301-302 | o | N/A | ||
| Sylvan Grove (1858-1891) | 4 | 303-304 | o | New York Harbor | No | |
| Sylvan Shore (1856-1877) | Sylvan Shore | 4 | 305-307 | o | chartered by QM Dept and mostly used in Florida | Yes |
| Sylvan Stream (1863-1904) | 4 | 309-312 | o | No | ||
| Telegraph (1832-1862) | 3 | 309-311 | o | records stop at Norfolk, Va in 1861 | No | |
| Telegraph (1837-1870) | 3 | 313-314 | o | Hudson River | No | |
| Temple of the Muses (1845-1847) | 2 | 253 (254 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Tennessee (1848-1853) | 1 | 417-418 | o | N/A | ||
| Tennessee (1853-1865) | Tennessee, USS Tennessee, USS Mobile | 1 | 419-420 | o | Tennessee was seized by Confederate authorities at the start of the Civil War, but when she was fully loaded her draft was too large to reach the Gulf. She was captured at the fall of New Orleans. Converted into warship and named USS Tennessee. Battery of 1 x 30-pdr. Parrott rifle, 3 x 32-pdr Smoothbores, and 1 x 12-pdr. rifle. Assigned to West Gulf Blockading Squadron. Bombarded Ft. Morgan. Continued blockade duty with captures. Renamed USS Mobile on September 1, 1864, so thar captured ram CSS Tennessee could retain her name as the new USS Tennessee. USS Mobile one of the fastest under Farragut’s command, as written by him. Gale damaged the ship in October 1864, and she was condemned and sold to a civilian in March 1865. | Yes |
| Tennessee (1864-1870) | USS Muscoota | 1 | 421 (422 blank) | o | One of the last of a series of double-ended gunboats constructed during the war. Delibered to US Navy Dept on December 7, 1864. Battery of 2 x 100-pdr. Parrott rifles, 2 x 20-pdr. Dahlgren guns, 4 x 11″ Dahlgren guns, and 2 x 24-pdr. howitzers. By the time she was ready she barely saw any service and no actual fighting. | Yes |
| Thistle (1863-1870) | Thistle, USS Dumbarton | 3 | 315 (316 blank) | o | see City of Quebec | |
| Thomas A. Morgan (1854-1903) | Thomas A. Morgan | 3 | 317-318 | o | requisitioned by US War Dept, used as official mail steamer between Fort Monroe and Yorktown | Yes |
| Thomas A. Scott (1863-1887) | Thomas A. Scott | 1 | 423-424 | x | Very likely built as a Civil War speculation. Purchased June 9, 1863 by the US War Dept. Used as a transport during the Civil War. | Yes |
| Thomas Collyer (1850-1897) | Thomas Collyer | 6 | 297-300 | o | Briefly chartered by QM Dept in June 63 for only four days! | Yes |
| Thomas Collyer (1862-1906) | Thomas Collyer | 6 | 301-303 | o | ran as a civilian steamer in NY early in the war, chartered by and eventually sold to US QM Dept, used as a despatch boat while under charter | Yes |
| Thomas Collyer (1864-1911) | Thomas Collyer | 6 | 305-307 | o | chartered to US QM Dept late in the war | Yes |
| Thomas G. Haight (1853-1856) | 4 | 313-315 | o | N/A | ||
| Thomas Hunt (1851-1910) | 5 | 269-270 | o | New York | No | |
| Thomas Jefferson (1834-1844) | 2 | 255 (256 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Thomas Powell (1846-1887) | Thomas Powell | 4 | 317-319 | o | New York runs until April 64, then chartered by US QM Dept | Yes |
| Tioga (1862-1877) | 5 | 273 (271-272 missing) | ? | Pages 271-272 incorrectly show the Thomas Hunt again so we get only the last page of the Tioga’s entry, which is enough to see that she was on the Great Lakes. | No | |
| Toledo (1854-1856) | 4 | 321-322 | x | N/A | ||
| Tonawanda (1856-1870) | 6 | 309-310 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Totten (1853-1881) | Chesapeake | 3 | 319-320 | x | Yes | |
| Traveller (1835-1866) | 3 | 321-322 | o | Canada | No | |
| Traveller (1845-1873) | 3 | 323-324 | o | New York to New Haven | No | |
| Tristram Shandy (1864-1874) | Tristram Shandy, USS Tristram Shandy | 5 | 275-276 | o | blockade runner, capture 5/15/64; commissioned USS Tristram Shandy | Yes |
| Trojan (1842-1851) | 3 | 325-326 | o | N/A | ||
| Troy (1840-1859) | 3 | 327-328 | o | N/A | ||
| Troy (1845-1861) | 3 | 329-330 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Troy (1849-1859) | 6 | 311-313 | x | N/A | ||
| Twilight (1868-1923) | 6 | 319-320 | o | N/A | ||
| Twilight (1873-1906) | 6 | 315-317 | o | N/A | ||
| Uncle Sam (1852-1878) | 1 | 425-426 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Uncle Sam (1852-1878) | 6 | 321-323 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Unicorn (1836-18??) | 2 | 257-259 | o | N/A | ||
| Union (1849-1851) | 1 | 427 (428 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Union (1850-1856) | 1 | 429 (430 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Union (1850-1856) | 6 | 325-326 | o | N/A | ||
| Union (1856-1876) | 4 | 323-324 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Union (1864-1902) | 4 | 325-326 | o | Canada | No | |
| United States (1821-1849) | 2 | 261-262 | o | N/A | ||
| United States (1831-1843) | 2 | 263-264 | o | N/A | ||
| United States (1835-1849) | 2 | 265 (266 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| United States (1847-1875) | 5 | 279-281 | o | Pages 279-280 are repeated twice. Lake Champlain. | No | |
| United States (1848-1862) | 1 | 431-432 | o | Europe | No | |
| United States (1848-1862) | 6 | 327-329 | o | England | No | |
| United States (1864-1881) | 1 | 433-434 | x | after the war | No | |
| USS Arctic (1854-1879) | Lightship No. 8 | 4 | 13-15 | x | Seized by Confederates, later sunk by the Confederates. | Yes |
| USS Cherokee (1859-?) | Thistle, Cherokee, USS Cherokee | 6 | 49-51 | x | blockade runner Cherokee, captured 5/8/63, purchased by US Navy Dept, renamed USS Cherokee | Yes |
| USS Commodore Hull (1860-1885) | Nuestra Senora del Regla, USS Commodore Hull | 4 | 53-55 | o | Blockade runner, captured 12/01/61, became USS Commodore Hull | Yes |
| USS Commodore Morris (1862-1931) | USS Commodore Morris | 4 | 57-59 | o | Was on the James during the Siege of Petersburg. | Yes |
| USS Demologos (1814-1829) | 5 | 85-87 | o | N/A | ||
| USS Fort Jackson (1863-1865) | USS Fort Jackson | 1 | 151 (152 blank) | o | See North America (1862-1879) | |
| USS Frolic (1862-1885) | Lord Clyde, A. D. Vance, USS Advance, USS Frolic | 3 | 153-155 | o | NABS, but not at Petersburg | Yes |
| USS Fulton (1837-1862) | USS Fulton | 5 | 111-113 | o | taken by Confederate forces at outbreak of war at Pensacola Navy Yard, burned before Union troop scould capture her | Yes |
| USS Isonomia (1864-?) | Shamrock, USS Isonomia | 6 | 153-155 | o | purchased by US Navy Dept on 1/13/64, commissioned USS Isonomia | Yes |
| USS Malvern (1860-1895) | William G. Hewes, Ella & Annie, USS Malvern | 1 | 237-238 | o | Seized by Confederacy on April 28, 1861 and used as a blockade runner called William G. Hewes. Shifted to another port after New Orleans was captured and had name changed to Ella & Annie. Captured on November 8, 1863. Sold to US Navy Dept and renamed USS Malvern. Battery of 4 x 20-pdr. Parrott rifles and 8 x 12-pdr. Smoothbores and commissioned on December 10, 1863. Chased Chesapeake after her capture by Confederate sympathizers. Assigned to North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and served at times as Admiral Porter’s flagship. Participated in both Fort Fisher Attacks, and against Fort Anderson on the Cape Fear River. Used frequently for conferences between Lincoln, Grant, and Porter during the final battles around Petersburg. | Yes |
| USS Michigan (1843-1949) | 6 | 191-195 | o | Duty on the Great Lakes | Yes | |
| USS Mississippi (1841-1863) | USS Mississippi | 5 | 181-186 | o | Yes | |
| USS Missouri (1841-1843) | 5 | 187-188 | o | N/A | ||
| USS Muscoota (1864-1869) | USS Muscoota | 1 | 275 (276 blank) | o | see Tennessee (1864-1870) | |
| USS Powhatan (1850-1887) | USS Powhatan | 5 | 227-231 | o | Yes | |
| USS Shamoken (1864-1869) | 1 | 389 (390 blank) | o | see Georgia (1864-1878) | ||
| USS Susquehanna (1850-1886) | USS Susquehanna | 5 | 265-268 | o | Yes | |
| USS Winnipeg (1864-1869) | USS Winnipeg | 1 | 459 (460 blank) | o | See South Carolina o-x (1864-1891) | |
| Utica (1836-1875) | 5 | 283-284 | o | NY/NJ | No | |
| Vandalia (1841-1856) | 2 | 267 (268 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Vanderbilt (1855-1890) | Vanderbilt / USS Vanderbilt | 1 | 435-436 | o | Presented as a gift to the US Government by Cornelius Vanderbilt, originally used by the US War Dept. Assigned as a troop ship, especially during McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign. Transferred to US Navy Dept in 1862. Given an unspecified battery which changed several times during the war and commissioned USS Vanderbilt. Sent on chase after CSS Alabama. Searched oceans for blockade runners. Participated in second Fort Fisher attack. | Yes |
| Vanderbilt (1855-1890) | Vanderbilt, USS Vanderbilt | 6 | 331-333 | o | “given as a gift” to US War dept by Cornelius Vandeerbilt, transferred to US Navy Dept and commissioned USS Vanderbilt | Yes |
| Vera Cruz (1865-1866) | 1 | 437 (438 blank) | o | after the war | No | |
| Victory (1827-1845) | 3 | 331-332 | o | N/A | ||
| Victory (1834-1839) | 2 | 269 (270 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Virginia (1816-1847) | 2 | 271-274 | o | N/A | ||
| Virginius (1864-1873) | Virgin | 1 | 439-440 | o | Built as a blockade runner for British owners. Captured when the city of Mobile, AL fell in 1865. Sold by US Navy Dept. since she was unsuitable for naval purposes. | Yes |
| Walk in the Water (1818-1821) | 2 | 275 (276 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Walrus (1866-1873) | 4 | 327-328 | o | N/A | ||
| Wando (1864-1872) | Let Her Rip, Wando, USS Wando | 4 | 329-330 | o | blockade runner, captured 10/21/64; renamed USS Wando | Yes |
| Warrior (1863-1875) | Warrior | 4 | 331-333 | o | chartered by US QM Dept | Yes |
| Washington (1813-1823) | 2 | 277 (278 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Washington (1825-1831) | 3 | 333-334 | o | N/A | ||
| Washington (1847-1864) | 1 | 441-442 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Washington Irving (1844-1868) | Washington Irving | 3 | 335-336 | o | US QM Dept charter | Yes |
| Water Witch (1831-1862) | NOT the USS Water Witch | 3 | 337-338 | o | No | |
| Waterloo (1826-1829) | 5 | 285-287 | o | N/A | ||
| Waubuno (1865-1879) | 5 | 289-290 | o | Canada | No | |
| Welaka (1850-1857) | 3 | 339-342 | o | N/A | ||
| Welland (1853-1856) | 3 | 343 (344 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Wenona (1857-1877) | 5 | 291-292 | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Westchester (1832-1845) | 5 | 293-295 | o | N/A | ||
| Western Metropolis (1856-1864) | 3 | 345-346 | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Western Metropolis (1863-1878) | Western Metropolis | 1 | 443 (444 blank) | o | Completed in late 1864 and chartered as a transport by the US War Dept from Dec. 24, 1864 to January 25, 1865, used in the two expeditions against Fort Fisher. | Yes |
| Western World (1854-1863) | 2 | 279 (280 blank) | o | Great Lakes | No | |
| Westernport (1853-1866) | USS Wyandotte | 3 | 347-348 | x | Yes | |
| Westfield (1861-1863) | Westfield, USS Westfield | 4 | 335-337 | o | ran on Staten Island Ferry route in 61, purchased by US Navy Dept 12/12/61 | Yes |
| Westmoreland (1853-1854) | 5 | 297-298 | x | N/A | ||
| William Gibbons (1833-1836) | 1 | 445-446 | o | N/A | ||
| William H. Harrison (1840-1854) | 5 | 303-304 | o | N/A | ||
| William Harrison (1864-1896) | 5 | 299-301 | o | New York | No | |
| William IV (1832-1858) | 6 | 335-336 | o | N/A | ||
| William IV (1832-1859) | 2 | 281 (282 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| William Jenkins (1854-1861) | 1 | 447 (448 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| William Lawrence (1869-1899) | 1 | 449 (450 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| William Norris (1854-1870) | 1 | 451-452 | o | Caribbean | No | |
| William P. Clyde (1865-1876) | 1 | 453 (454 blank) | x | after the war | No | |
| William Penn (1826-1836) | 2 | 283 (284 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| William Penn (1851-1856) | 1 | 455 (456 blank) | x | N/A | ||
| Wilmington (1839-1868) | 4 | 339-342 | o | Canada | No | |
| Wilson G. Hunt (1848-1890) | 4 | 343-346 | o | West Coast | No | |
| Winfield Scott (1850-1853) | 1 | 457-458 | o | N/A | ||
| Winslow (1863-1891) | 3 | 349 (350 blank) | x | Great Lakes | No | |
| Wisconsin (1838-1853) | 2 | 285 (286 blank) | o | N/A | ||
| Worcester (1841-1861) | 3 | 351-352 | o | Maybe? | ||
| Worcester (1863-1894) | Glaucus / USS Glaucus | 1 | 461-462 | x | Purchased by the US Navy Department prior to completion. Delivered Oct. 1, 1863. Battery of 1 x 100-pdr. Parrott rifle, 8 x 8″ Smoothbores. Commissioned USS Glaucus Feb 18, 1864. In 1864 and 1865 cruised off Cuba and the Bahamas. | Yes |
| Yankee Blade (1853-1854) | 1 | 463-464 | o | N/A | ||
| Yorktown (1853-1865) | CSS Patrick Henry | 1 | 465-466 | o | Seized by Virginia and sold to CS Navy Dept. Commissioned CSS Patrick Henry. Battery of ten heavy guns and plated her hull with 1 1/4 inches of iron plates. In July 1861 battery changed to 2 x 10″ pivot rifles mounted fore and aft and 2 x 8″ guns mounted broadside, and changed throughout war. Many fights in Hampton Roads early in the war. Fought at Drewry’s Bluff on May 15, 1862. In July 1863, converted into a school-ship for training CS Navy officers and ordered to remain at anchor under protection of Drewry’s Bluff. Burned when Petersburg and Richmond were evacuated. | Yes |
| Zenobia (1864-1867) | Stag, Zenobia | 1 | 467 | o | Constructed to run the blockade, Stag was captured by USS Malvern on January 19, 1865. Sold to a civilian. | Yes |
| Zenobia (1864-1885) | Stag, Zenobia | 6 | 337-338 | o | blockade runner Stag cptured 1/19/65; purchased by a civilian and no further Civil War involvement | Yes |
| Zimmerman (1854-1863) | 3 | 353-354 | o | Canada | No |