Remaining in the Gulf of Mexico during 1861, the Montgomery captured or destroyed a half dozen blockade runners, mainly sailing vessels.
Following her return to the Atlantic in 1863, she took part in the search for the Confederate raider Tacony in June. Later assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, in June helped destroy the blockade runners Bendigo and Dare.
The next month, she captured the steamer Pet and in October took the Bat.. She also participated in the two attacks on Fort Fisher, North Carolina during December 1864 and January 1865 This finally eliminated the nearby city of Wilmington as a blockade running port.
For the remainder of the war, the Montgomery served along the Carolina coast and participated in the operations on the Cape Fear River which led to the capture of Wilmington in February 1865.
Decommissioned in June 1865 and sold in August, the Montgomery retained her name when she reentered commercial service in 1866. She was active for nearly eleven more years, until she was sunk due to a collision with the schooner Seminole on January 7, 1877, off Cape May, New Jersey.
--Old B-Runner
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