The New York Times writing about the Union victory at New Bern, NC, in March 1862, mentions that the Picket had captured two boats loaded with grain. Commander of the Picket was Captain J. Poynton Ivies and Acting Master James W. Weeks.
The Picket had been continuously employed since Dec. 16th and during that time only had 15 hours to clean ts boilers.
Perhaps it was a boiler explosion which caused it to sink.
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