The newly commissioned USS Atlanta was sent to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and spent most of her time stationed on the James River where she supported operations against Richmond and defended against forays by the Confederate ironclads.
That would have been interesting had the USS Atlanta had come to battle one of the Confederate ironclads.
On May 21, 1864, the Atlanta and gunboat Dawn fired on and dispersed Confederate cavalry attacking Fort Powhatan, as I wrote about yesterday.
In February 1865, she was deployed further upriver after the Battle of Trent's Reach to better blockade the Confederate ironclads at Richmond.
After the war ended, the Atlanta was decommissioned in Philadelphia June 21, 1865, and placed in reserve at League Island.
--Old B-Runner
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