USS Sea Bird (1863) [SEP] conflict
USS Sea Bird (1863)
USS "Sea Bird" (1863) was a captured Confederate schooner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War. 
She was put into service as a gunboat by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
Captured by the Union Navy.
"Sea Bird" -- a schooner captured by Union side wheel steamer "DeSoto" on 13 May 1863—was purchased by the Navy on 12 July
These efforts towards revision remained largely unsuccessful.
A Japanese Embassy to the United States was sent in 1860, on board the "Kanrin Maru" and the USS "Powhattan". A First Japanese Embassy to Europe was sent in 1862.
Crisis and conflict Imperial Order to Expel Barbarians (1863).
Belligerent opposition to Western influence further erupted into open conflict when the Emperor Kōmei, breaking with centuries of imperial tradition, began to take an active role in matters of state and issued, on March 11 and April 11