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A.B. Seger

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Steamer
  • Built, date and location unknown
  • Acquired by the Confederate States Navy in 1861 for service as a gunboat in Berwick Bay, LA.
  • A.B. Seger operated with the naval force of Flag Officer G. N. Hollins, CSN, who was charged with the defense of the Mississippi River and Louisiana coast
  • During 1862 A.B. Seger served as a dispatch boat, commanded by Acting Master I. C. Coons
  • As the Federal Flotilla under LCDR. Buchanan proceeded up Atchafalaya Bay on 1 November 1862, A.B. Seger was run aground and abandoned near Berwick Bay
  • The steamer was seized by Union naval forces and placed in service by the Union
    Specifications:
    Displacement 30 t.
    Length 55'
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hull unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament two guns
    Propulsion
    two locomotive boilers
    two locomotive engines
    two paddle wheels
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