USS Rosalie-- Part 1: Former Blockade Runner

This Union blockading sailing ship had  operations with the USS Gem of the Sea and Charlotte Harbor, Florida, which I have written about earlier.

From Wikipedia.

Was a captured blockade running sloop acquired by the U.S. Navy in prize court.

Captured  16 March 1863,  Acquired U.S. Navy 6 May 1863.  Commissioned June 1863.  Decommissioned June 1865.  Length 45 feet, 17 foot beam,   Armament:  one 12-pdr  smoothbore gun.

--Old B-R'er