Continuing with ships at the battle.
USS SACHEM-- 121 feet long, 23.6 ft beam, 5 guns, 52 crew. Launched 1844 and purchased by the US Navy in 1861. Escorted the Monitor to Hampton Roads and at the historic Virginia-Monitor fight March 7, 1862.
Also at the battles of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, New Orleans, and helped rescue the USS Clifton when it ran ashore near Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay May 8, 1862.
Also at the Battle of Galveston Jan. 1, 1862, and in the Vicksburg Campaign.
At the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, it was shot through the boiler, disabled, and forced to surrender. It was towed to Sabine City by the CSS Uncle Ben, a cotton-clad steamer and repaired. It became part of the Texas Marine Department.
In April 1864, it was commanded by blockade-runner Captain John Davisson and reportedly had cotton aboard. This is the last record of the ship.
Next, the USS Granite City and USS Arizona. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
