Andrew P. Bierne was promoted to Passed Midshipman in January and was Acting Master of the CSS Chickamauga in September 1864, a former blockade-runner refitted as a cruiser. On a short cruise from Wilmington, NC, to the Bahamas, it captured several prizes and was involved in the defense of Fort Fisher. The ship was burned to prevent capture February 25, 1865.
Bierne was paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865.
After the war, he moved to West Virginia, married and lived there until his death in July 1916. He is buried at Green Hill Cemetery at Union, Monroe County, West Virginia.
I would have liked to have known the story of what happened to the cutlass after the war.
The Chicakamauga was under the command of Lt. John Wilkinson, CSN, which was originally the blockade-runner Edith. It took several prizes in a cruise north to Long Island Sound.
Interesting Story. -- Old B-R'er
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