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 1 i \-i \\'.'. K i) tug. two gmix bough', at Richmond in and captured by the Federals in James river in 1862.

fENNESSBl Iron-clad, six guns Built at Mobile and captured in battle of Mobile Hay, August 5. 1864.

THOMAS JKKI KKSON -Side-wheel merchant steanu-r. formerly the /titnf.f/i>:i-tt. Sei/ed at Richmond in iS6i and mounted two guns. She was sunk by the Confederates. May. 1862, at Drewry's Bluff to obstruct James river.

TORPEDO Wooden tut;, two guns, burned by Confederate^ .it Richmond.

TUSCAI.OOSA Iron-clad, four guns. Burned by Confederates at at the fall of Mobile in 1865.

TISCAI.OOSA Formerly the bark Conrad. Captured June 21.

1863, by * ne -'tfabama and armed with four boat-howitzers. She was seized by the English authorities at Simon's Bay. South Africa, December, 1863, upon the charge of violation of neutrality of the port. She was subsequently released, but the Confederates never again claimed her.

TUSCARORA Side-wheel river steamer, two guns. Burned acci- dently at New Orleans.

VIRGINIA Iron-clad, formerly the United States ship Merrimac, ten guns. Sei/ed by Confederates at Gosport Navy-yard, 1861, and converted into an iron-clad. Burned by her captain at the evacua- tion of Norfolk, in 1862.

VIRGINIA SECOND Iron-clad, four guns. Built at Richmond in

1864, and burned by the Confederates at the evacuation of that city in April, 1865.

VELOCITY Gun-boat, two guns. Captured from the Federals at Sabine Pass, January 21, 1863.

UNCLK BEN Tug-boat, seized at Wilmington in 1861, mounted one gun. Her machinery was taken out and put in the North Caro- lina, and hull sold.

UNITEI> STATES Old wooden frigate in ordinary at Gosport Navy-yard. Seized by Confederates in 1861, and used as a receiv- ing ship. She was called sometimes the Confederate States.