USS Bermuda-- Part 9: Decommissioned, Sold and Sank in 1882

On the Bermuda's seventh cruise to the Gulf of Mexico, she encountered a sloop off the coast of Florida and fired a shot across its bow after a short chase  It proved to be the Forester which had  recently emerged from Indian River Inlet with a cargo of cotton and turpentine.  The Bermuda took the cargo aboard, took the prize in tow and resumed on his way to Port Royal.

However, the Forester began taking on water and sank.

The Bermuda continued shuttling between Philadelphia and the Gulf of mexico for  the rest of the war, bring needed supplies to the Union blockaders there.

On September 22, 1865, she arrived back at the Philadelphia Navy yard where she was decommissioned.  She was sold at public auction to Samuel C. Cook, and became a merchant ship named the General Meade until February 10, 1882, when she foundered in a storm while en route from Puerto Rico to New York City.

I have not been able to find out anything about the Meorge meade.

--Old B-Runner