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USS William G. Anderson
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Bark:
Built in 1859 at Boston, MA., by C. F. and H. D. Gardiner for Edmund Boynton of Boston
Acquired at Boston by the Navy, 23 August 1861
Commissioned USS William G. Anderson at the Boston Navy Yard, 2 October 1861, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William C. Rogers in command
USS William G. Anderson departed Boston, 11 October 1861 joining the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, searching for Confederate privateers in the sea lanes of the West Indies.
12 November, William G. Anderson took as a prize the Confederate privateer Beaureffard in the Bahama channel
Cruising the West Indies into the spring of 1862, she sighting 210 vessels, boarding 66, finding few Confederate privateers
She arrived at Boston Navy Yard, 16 April 1862, departing the Navy Yard, 8 May to join RADM David G. Farragut's West Gulf Blockading Squadron at Ship Island off the mouth of the Mississippi River
On 14 June, Acting Master William Bailey and 30 men left the ship under cover of darkness, crossed Mississippi Sound, and sailed about 15 miles up the Jordan River.
seizing the 60-ton Confederate schooner Montebello
William G. Anderson departed the Ship Island station, 25 June, and began patrols of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River before taking up a blockade
station off Galveston, TX., 6 July
In August William G. Anderson gained her second prize, the English-owned schooner Lilly.
On 4 September, she captured the schooner Theresa, laden with cavalry carbines
Two weeks later, she captured another blockade runner, the schooner Reindeer (ex-Jeff Davis)
William G. Anderson arrived at Pensacola Bay, FL., 3 October and remained there on station, protecting the navy yard until the next spring
Underway again, 10 April 1863, the bark resumed blockade duties off the coast of Texas. where she captured on 15 April the schooner Royal Yacht
after a six-hour chase
On 17 April she teamed with Rachel Seaman to capture the schooner Nymph which was attempting to run the Union blockade off Pass Cavallo, TX.
On 25 April William G. Anderson spotted a sloop trying to run the blockade and gave chase. The sloop ran aground about six miles north of the
lighthouse at St. Joseph's Island, TX., The rough seas that day made it impossible for her to send men to board the prize
on 3 May William G. Anderson sent in her launch, second cutter, and gig to take off the cotton from the prize. As they arrived at the edge of the breakers
the gig ran aground on the beach. Confederate soldiers charged down the hill nearby, firing as they advanced hitting the gig and capturing her crew
Stationed off Pilot Town, La., between 27 May and 24 June, William G. Anderson resumed blockading operations off the Texas coast
On 25 August, she captured the schooner Mack Canfield, off the mouth of the Rio Grande River
Two days later, she bagged the cotton-laden schooner America
William G. Anderson departed Galveston on 17 September and took station off New Orleans, departing that station returning to Galveston 30 November
From Galveston William G. Anderson shifted to Pensacola Bay, FL., 19 February 1864 and served there protecting the navy yard until 1 April 1865
Entering Mobile Bay, 3 April 1865, the Brig was there six days later when Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
William G. Anderson remained in Mobile Bay into the late summer and was then once more stationed at Pensacola Bay, from 13 September to 25 November
alternating between that port and New Orleans until mid-June 1866
William G. Anderson, headed north from Pensacola, 15 June 1866, bound for the New York Navy Yard
Arriving there on 30 June, William G. Anderson was decommissioned, 21 July 1866
Sold at public auction, 28 August 1866 to A. A. Low and Brother
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 593 t.
Length 149'7"
Beam 30'1"
Draft unknown
Depth of Hold 14'3"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament
six 32-pdrs
one 24-pdr howitzer
Propulsion sail
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USS William G. Anderson
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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Last Updated 7 August 2020