USS Epsilon (1864) [SEP] conflict
USS Epsilon (1864)
USS "Epsilon" (1864) was a tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat and dispatch boat to support Union Navy patrol vessels on Confederate waterways.
Acquisition and name change from "Tug No. 5" to "Epsilon".
"Epsilon", a steam tug, was purchased as "Harry Bumm" at Philadelphia, 3 June 1864, and assigned to duty in the James River, Acting
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On May 4, 1864, the USS "Signal" was ordered to proceed up the Red River with a bearer of dispatches from Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks, the commander of the Union Red River Campaign forces. After traversing about on the river, the USS "Signal" met Confederate forces, and the ensuing conflict, which also involved the USS "Covington" and Army transport ship "John Warner", continued into the night. On May 5, the "Signal" was disabled and the