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 SAMPSON Side-wheel river steamer, two guns. Taken by the Confederates to Augusta upon the evacuation of Savannah, Decem- ber, 1864.

SEA- BIRD Side-wheel river steamer. Bought at Norfolk in 1861 and armed with two guns. Sunk in battle at Elizabeth City, Feb- ruary loth, 1852.

SELMA Side-wheel merchant steamer. Mounted, four guns. Captured by the Federals at the battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1 864.

ST. MARY Side-wheel river steamer, two guns. Burned on Yazoo river.

STONO Gun-boat, seven guns, formerley the Isaac Smith. Cap- tured from the Federals in Stono river, January 3Oth, 1863, and

burned by the Confederates at the evacuation of Charleston in 1865.

i SPRAY Tug-boat, two guns. Sunk by the Confederates on St.

Mary's river.

SHENANDOAH Cruiser, formerly the merchant steamer Sea King, six guns. Delivered to English authorities at Liverpool after the close of the war, November 6th, 1865.

STONEWALL Sea-going iron-clad ram, three guns, formerly the Sphinx. Purchased in Denmark in 1865 and name changed to Stonewall. She was acquired too late to be of service and was turned over to the Spanish authorities at Havana after the war ended.

SUMTER Cruiser, formerly the merchant steamer Habana. Bought at New Orleans in 1861 and mounted with five guns. Her machinery gave -out and she was sold at Charleston in 1862 by the Confederate authorities.

TACONY Merchant bark, captured by the Clarence June 12, 1863. Burned June 24th and crew transferred to the Archer.

TALLAHASSEE Cruiser, formerly the blockade runner Atlanta. Bought at Wilmington and mounted two guns. Name afterwards changed to Olivctrec. Reconverted into a blockade runner, the " Chameleon," and taken to England.

TALMICO Side-wheel, two guns. Accidentally sunk at Savannah in 1863.