She joined in attacks on Fort Fisher in the Cape Fear River 24 and 25 December 1864, and participated in the capture of Fort Anderson nearby 18 and 19 February 1865. Cuyler joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Wilmington, North Carolina, for duty through the close of the Civil War. Reassigned to the North Atlantic blockade While proceeding on that mission on 4 December, she stopped and captured the steamer Armstrong and after a search revealed contraband cargo, seized the vessel. After that capture, the gunboat was ordered to join in the search for the Confederate raider Tallahassee.

On 14 July, the steamer Kate Dale joined her list of prizes. Cuyler captured the steamer Eugenie and the schooners Hunter and Isabel. Baker off Cuba, and on 3 May, the schooner Jane at sea. Two months later, she captured the schooner Grace E. In December, the sloops Advocate, Express, and Osceola and the schooners Delight and Olive met a similar fate. On 22 November, while operating near and in the Mississippi River, she intercepted and assisted in the capture of the steamers A. Cuyler participated in the capture and burning of Finland in Apalachicola Bay on 26 August. Although plagued by the presence of smallpox among her crew, R. On the 9th, she arrived at Key West, Florida, whence she proceeded north for blockade duty off Tampa, Florida. Cuyler departed New York City under the command of Captain Francis B. Then chartered by the War Department, she transported New York State militiamen to Washington, D.C., and returned to New York where she was acquired by the navy in May 1861, although not formally purchased until August.Ĭivil War service Assigned to the Gulf blockade Cromwell & Company, served on that company's New York, Havana, and New Orleans line until laid up in March 1861 at the start of the American Civil War. Cuyler was built in 1860 by Samuel Sneeden of New York for H. She was named for the president of the Central Georgia Railroad. She was outfitted by the Union Navy as a gunboat and was assigned to the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America. Cuyler was a steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

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