A little Wikipedia information on the USS Sagamore. Its armament was listed as 1X20 pdr., 2X24 pdr. guns, and 1X12 pdr. It was commissioned December 7, 1861 (80 years before you-know-what) and served in the East Gulf Blockading squadron in the waters off Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
Ordnance always contuses me a bit, so I'm not sure if one of its guns might have fired the 8-inch shell mentioned at the cemetery.
After the action at Tampa, which wasn't mentioned in the Wikepedia article, the Sagamore destroyed a Confederate salt works at St. Andrews Bay by today's Panama City on September 11, 1862. Three months later, it captured the British blockade-runner By George (great name) December 1, 1862 by Indian River, Florida.
Later, the ship captured or destroyed five other blockade-runners.
On July 28, 1863, it shelled New Smyrna, Florida, on the east coast. One of its targets was Stone Wharf, which still stands. It also operated on the Suwanee River.
Never Heard of the Ship Before. --Old B-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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