USS G. L. Brockenborough (1862) [SEP] conflict
USS G. L. Brockenborough (1862)
USS "G. L. Brockenborough" (1862) was a sloop captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. 
She was placed in service by the Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. She also served as a ship's tender, providing help to other ships on blockade duty.
Confederate sloop captured by Union Navy force.
"G. L. Brockenborough" (also spelled "Brockenboro" or
"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