Captured at Mobile, by the R. R. Cuyler, May 6, 1863. Purchased, July 9, 1863, from Key West prize court by Navy Department. Glasgow name changed from Eugenie to Glasgow, January 21, 1864.

Title: Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. ; Series II - Volume 1: Statistical Data of Union and Confederate Ships; Muster Roles of Confederate Government Vessels; Letters of Marque and Reprisals; Confederate Department Investigations, p. 96

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Blockade runner Eugenie

Glasgow was originally blockade runner Eugenie, captured off Mobile Bay 6 May 1863 by USS R. R. Cuyler. She was purchased from the Key West, Florida, Prize Court and commissioned 9 July 1863, Acting Ensign N. M. Dyer in command.

the West Gulf Blockade

Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, Eugenie served as a dispatch boat and supply ship for the squadron between Mobile Bay and Pensacola, Florida.

Mermentau Lake, Louisiana,

Eugenie sent an expedition to Mermentau Lake, Louisiana, 22 December 1863, for the capture of two British blockade runners. schooner Derby was captured, but had to be burnt because of heavy enemy shore fire on the attacking party.

Renamed

Eugenie was renamed Glasgow 21 January 1864, and after a week repairing at New Orleans, Louisiana, in early February, was back on station with the blockading fleet off Mobile, Alabama.

Admiral Farragut

Serving mainly as dispatch boat, Glasgow aided in the destruction of blockade runner Ivanhoe under the fire of Fort Morgan 30 June 1864, and fired at an unknown blockade runner under the guns of the fort 1 July. She was present off Fort Gaines 8 August when the fort surrendered to Union forces after Admiral David Farragut's historic victory at Mobile Bay, and received the Admiral on board for a brief visit 26 November.

Sinks near Mobile, Alabama

During 1865, Glasgow continued her regular duties, and in addition served occasionally, because of her speed and light draft, as flagship of the West Gulf Squadron. She struck an obstruction and sank in shoal water off Mobile 8 May 1865, and was not raised until 19 June. Glasgow was taken to Pensacola, Florida, for repairs and returned to duty 1 July 1866.

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