USS Louisiana-- Part 3: More Action in North Carolina

The commander of Union troops in the area, Major General John G. Foster reported that the ship "had rendered most efficient aid, throwing her shells with great precision, and clearing the streets, through which her guns had range."

She captured the schooner Alice L. Webb at Rose Bay, North Carolina, 5 November 1862,, and then joined the Army-Navy expedition which captured Greenville, North Carolina,  four days later.

On 20 may 1863, one of the Louisiana's boat crews under Acting Master's Mate Charles W. Fisher, captured a still-unrigged schooner in the Tar River, south of Washington, N.C.  The prize was named for the Louisiana's commander, Richard T. Renshaw and taken into the Navy as an ordnance hulk.

Then came  service the Louisiana was probably the most noted for, when she became Gen. Butler's famed "Powder Boat."

--Old B-Runner