USS Brockenborough (1862) [SEP] conflict
USS Brockenborough (1862)
USS "Brockenborough" (1862) was a sloop captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She was used by the Union Navy primarily as a ship's tender and also as a gunboat stationed off Confederate ports to prevent their trading with foreign countries.
Sloop captured and converted to Union Navy service.
On October 16, 1862, the commanding officer of the Union steamer — Acting Lieutenant Edward Y. McCauley — ordered Acting Master Robert B. Smith to lead a reconnaissance expedition
"G. L. Brockenboro") was a small sloop captured 15 October 1862 by "Fort McHenry", Lt. E. Y. McCauley. "G. L. Brockenborough" had apparently been used as a blockade runner and was discovered after being scuttled in the Apalachicola River, Florida. She was subsequently raised and purchased at the Prize Court in Key West, Florida, by Rear Admiral James L. Lardner 15 November 1862.
Assigned to the East Gulf Blockade.
Assigned to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, "G. L. Brockenborough's