Civil War Confederate Ships A through F

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Introduction
The information below comes from Series II, Volume 1 of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies. Digital copy at Archive.org.

Ship names beginning with A

 * C. S. Privateer A. C. GUNNISON. Commissioned May 25, 1861. Class: Steam tug. For more information, see page 247.


 * C. S. S. AIKEN. Acquisition: Surrendered to South Carolina authorities December, 1860. Sunk, July 28, 1861, by U. S. frigate St. Lawrence. Her name was changed to Petrel. Class: Revenue cutter. Rig: Schooner. For more information, see page 247.


 * C. S. S. ALABAMA. Built in England and delivered by builders in August 1862. Sunk off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864, by the U.S.S. Kearsarge. Class: Steam sloop. For more information, see page 247.


 * C. S. Ram ALBEMARLE. Built on the Roanoke River. N. C, 1804. Sunk at Plymouth, North Carolina about 3 a. m. October 28, 1804, by a torpedo boat in charge of Lieutenant W. B. Gushing, U. S. N. Class: Screw steamer; ironclad For more information, see page 247.


 * C. S. S. ALERT. Seized at Mobile, Alabama by State authorities. Class: Lighthouse tender. Rig: Schooner. For more information, see page 247.


 * C. S. S. APPOMATTOX. Bought at Norfolk, Virginia 1801. Dismantled and abandoned February, 1862. Class: Tugboat. For more information, see page 248.


 * C. S. S. ARCHES. Captured off Long Island June 24. 1863, by the Tacony. Subsequently, the Archer was abandoned of Portland; her crew was transferred to Caleb Cushiny. Subsequently the Archer was recaptured.  Class: Fishing schooner. For more information, see page 248.


 * C. S. S. ARCTIC. Burned by the Confederates at the fall of the city of Wilmington in 1805. For more information, see page 248.


 * C. S. Ram ARKANSAS. Built at Memphis, Tennessee and in Yazoo River. Mississippi by contract with John T. Shirley. Destroyed by her crew, August 5, 1802. near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Class: Twin screw ironclad ram. For more information, see page 248.


 * C. S. Ram ATLANTA. Formerly the English blockade-running steamer Finyal. It was converted September. 1802, Into an ironclad gunboat and ram at Savannah, Georgia., by Messrs. N. and A. F. Tift. Captured In Wassaw Sound. Georgia., at 5.30 a. m., June 17, 1868, by U. S. steamers Weehawken and Nahant. Class: Screw steamer; Ironclad gunboat and ram. For more information, see page 248.

Ships names beginning with B

 * C. S. Ram BALTIC. Turned over to the Confederate States by the State of Georgia. Surrendered by the Confederates at Nannn Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1805. Class: High - pressure, sidewheel steamer. For more information, see page 248


 * C. S. S. BARTOW. Rig: Schooner. For more information, see page 248


 * C. S. S. BAYOU CITY. Chartered by the Confederate Government at Galveston, Texas. Formerly employed as a mail boat between Galveston and Houston, Texas. Class: Steamer. For more information, see page 249


 * C. S . S. BEAUFORT. Bought at New Berne in 1861. Burned by the Confederates at the evacuation of Richmond April 4, 1805. Class: Screw steamer, iron. Rig: Tug . For more information, see page 249


 * C. S. Privateer BEAUREGARD. Fitted out from Charleston and commissioned October 14, 1861. Captured November 12, 1801. by F . S . bark IF. G. Anderson . Class: Schooner. For more information, see page 249


 * C. S. S. BIENVILLE. Built by contract at Bayou St. John, Louisiana, with John Hughes &amp; Co. Destroyed by her officers in Lake Pontehartrain, Louisiana, in 1802. Class: Light-draft side-wheel river steamer. For more information, see page 249


 * C. S. Schooner BLACK WARRIOR. Armed to help defend Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Burned and abandoned by her crew during the fight. Class: Schooner. For more information, see page 249


 * C. S. S. BOMBSHELL. Sunk by Confederate batteries at Plymouth, North Carolina April 18, 1804. Raised and put in service. Recaptured by D. S. S. Mattabesett, May 5, 1864. Class: Steamer. For more information, see page 249

Ships names beginning with C


 * C. S. S. CALEB CUSHING. Captured by the Archer in Portland Harbor, April IS, 1803. Set on fire and abandoned to avoid recapture.Class: Revenue cutter. For more information, see page 249


 * C. S. Privateer CALHOUN. Commissioned at New Orleans May 15, 1881. Burned by the Confederates after the fall of New Orleans.Class: Side-wheel steamer. For more information, see page 250


 * C. S. S. CARONDELET. Built at Bayou St. John under charge of Naval Constructor S. D. Porter. Destroyed by the Confederates on Lake Pontchartraln in 1862. Class: Light-draft side-wheel steamer. For more information, see page 250