| 词条 | USS Reliance (1860) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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USS Reliance (1860) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy for use during the American Civil War. Her duties included river patrols and bombarding with her howitzers. Reliance, a wooden screw steamer built in 1860 at Keyport, New Jersey, was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City on 7 May 1861; and commissioned there on 13 May 1861, Acting Lt. Jared P. K. Mygatt in command. Assigned to the Potomac FlotillaAssigned to the Potomac Flotilla, she began her active service by blockading the Virginia side of the Potomac River. From 29 May to 1 June 1861, she joined in attacks against Confederate positions at Aquia Creek, Virginia. On 20 June she engaged Rebel batteries at Marlborough Point, Virginia; and a week later she fought Confederate forces at Mathias Point, Virginia. Reliance patrolled the river, searching for smuggled supplies, runaway slaves, and deserting Confederate soldiers. On 12 August 1862, she captured the sloop, Blossom, and sent a boat expedition into Sturgeon Creek. She seized the sloop Painter off Alexandria, Virginia, 30 October and took the longboat, New Moon, on 24 November carrying contraband cargo. Reliance is captured by Confederate raidersAlong with other boats of the Flotilla, she cooperated in operations with troops of the Army of the Potomac along the Rappahannock River. During these operations, Reliance service was ended by a daring Confederate raid. On 12 August 1863, Lt. John Taylor Wood, CSN, led 80 Rebel troops with six boats loaded on wagons secretly overland to the Rappahannock; concealing themselves by day, the raiders searched the river by night and found Reliance and {{USS|Satellite|1854|6}} anchored off Windmill Point at the mouth of the river. On 23 August, Wood's men surprised, boarded, and captured the two Federal gunboats. Reliance is destroyed to prevent its recapture by the Union Navy{{Citation needed|date=October 2014}}The Southerners took their two prizes to Port Royal, Virginia, only to be destroyed on 28 August to prevent their recapture by approaching Union cavalry under Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick. See also{{Portal|American Civil War|United States Navy|Military of the United States}}
References{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r4/reliance-i.htm}}{{coord|40.440|-74.197|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NJ|display=title}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Reliance}} 7 : Ships of the Union Navy|Ships built in Kearny, New Jersey|Steamships of the United States Navy|Gunboats of the United States Navy|American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States|1860 ships|Shipwrecks of the American Civil War |
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