First Prize for a New Orleans Privateer

Steamer Calhoun

Says the N. O. Delta:

The swift low pressure steamer Calhoun, Jack Wilson, fitted out here as a privateer, sailed from this port last evening, and outside the bar captured a prize. A bark, the “Ocean Eagle,” Capt. Luce, from Rockland, Maine. Cargo 3144 bbs. lime.

The Calhoun is admirably equipped for her peculiar service, having 100 of the bravest experienced men on board, and carrying large guns and an ample supply of small arms.

The Ocean Eagle was put in charge of a tow-boat, and will be up to-night in the city.

The Calhoun put out to sea, when in the offing was spied two other vessels good for overhauling as prizes. So far the Calhoun has nearly paid her expenses, and he stock is up high. Who comes next?

Shreveport Daily News, Shreveport, LA

Calhoun

Launched in 1851 as a civilian steamer, the Calhoun served as a Confederate privateer from May 1861 until later in the year when the Confederate Navy took her into service as a river gunboat. She was captured by the U.S. Navy in early 1862 and commissioned into service as the USS Calhoun. In 1864 the Calhoun was decommissioned by the navy, put into army service, then sold as surplus in 1865, where she returned to civilian life as the SS Calhoun.

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