Corena:
Hello from Colorado Springs, CO. I searched online for the Union Gunboat M. S. Baird but couldn't find it. However, there is a lot information online about Civil War gunboats. You may find the following websites helpful:

http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/
(The Dictionary of American Fighting Ships} Scroll down to the "Old Navy" (pre-1880s) to GUNBOATS

http://www.gunboats.com/
(Raising the Civil War Gunboats...)

htpp//www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/navy.html
(Index of Civil War Naval Forces Confederate and Union Ships).......Regards, Joe Ashley