USS Mahaska-- Part 1: Served in Virginia Waters and Odd Charleston

In the last post, I wrote about the USS Mahaska in an Army-Navy expedition against salt works in Virginia.

It was a 1070 ton Sebago-class double-ender built at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, New Hampshire, and commissioned May 1862.

During 1862-1863 it was active in the Virginia Rivers and Chesapeake Bay.

It joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Charleston, S.C., in 1863 and participated in the attacks there in August 1863.

From February to August 1864, it served off the east coast of Florida.

--Old B-Runner