From the June 14, 2011, Columbia (SC) State "Civil War Moment in South Carolina.
On Jan. 30, 1863, Confederate forces captured the USS Isaac Smith in the Stono River, south of Charleston when it was caught in across-fire by concealed Confederate batteries. It was disabled and suffered 8 dead and 19 wounded. This was the only time in the Civil War that a ship was captured by land forces.
Renamed the Stono, it attempted to run the blockade off Charleston June 5, 1863, and was wrecked near Fort Moultrie.
The Official Records of the Confederate Navy say the ship was finally burned when Charleston was evacuated in 1865.
It seems that I remember writing about another Union ship captured by Confederate land forces, but I'm not sure.
The Army Beats Navy. --Old B-Runner
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