Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockade USS Home (1862)
1 assigned south atlantic blockade
1.1 designated rest ship
1.2 designated blockader , hospital ship
1.3 multi-tasking lightship , reconnaissance duties
assigned south atlantic blockade
assigned south atlantic blockading squadron, home sailed after commissioning charleston, south carolina, towing monitor lehigh.
designated rest ship
home assigned rear admiral john a. dahlgren rest ship, exhausted crews of steaming monitors retire after fierce bombardments of september.
designated blockader , hospital ship
she remained off charleston periodic trips port royal, south carolina repairs until july 1864, when assigned act hospital ship inside bar @ charleston. while serving combination blockader-hospital ship, medical department composed of surgeons william nicholas pindell , nelson ingram, , surgeon steward frank cook.
multi-tasking lightship , reconnaissance duties
she continued combination blockader-hospital ship service until mid-1865, when took lightship duties in harbor. during period, home sent members of crew ashore on boat expeditions in charleston area, notably on 5 march 1865, when important reconnaissance of charleston harbor obstructions effected.
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