USS ''Nathaniel Taylor'' was a
Union schooner
A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...
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captured the schooner, ''Nathaniel Taylor'', in the
Pasquotank River
The Pasquotank River
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North ...
,
North Carolina
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, 8 April 1863.
Assigned to the stone fleet
Although the schooner was not sent north for adjudication, the
Union Navy purchased her from the
New York City
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prize court
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19 May 1863, and she was sunk as an obstruction at Petit Bois Channel.
See also
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Union Blockade
The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederate States of America, Confederacy from trading.
The blockade was proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln in April 1861, and required ...
References
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Ships of the Union Navy
Schooners of the United States Navy
Ships of the Stone Fleet
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