USS Glasgow (ex-USS Eugenie)

The USS Glasgow (ex-USS Eugenie) was a sidewheel steamer captured as a prize off Mobile Bay 6 May 1863 and commissioned 9 July 1863 as USS Eugenie after purchase from the Key West Prize Court with Acting Ensign N. M. Dyer commanding. Eugenie was renamed Glasgow 21 January 1864.

She was assigned to the West Gulf Squadron squadron after commissioning and was retained after the war. Glasgow was decommissioned 17 October 1868 and sold 4 June 1869.

  • USS Glasgow on Wikipedia

  • Deaths

      Name Rate/Rank Date of Death Age
    David BarryLandsman3 December 186522
    ✚ ⋂John DriscollFireman 2nd Class12 June 186522
    Alexander MorrisonLandsman17 October 186522
    ✚ ⋂ ✎Freeman A. ShermanActing Master's Mate12 June 186524

    Key

    killed in action
    prisoner of war
    died of disease or injury
    died of yellow fever
    ø died due to vessel loss
    died in ordnance accident
    buried on land in marked grave
    buried/lost at sea
    🎖 Medal of Honor recipient
    transcribed letters of sailor/marine posted

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