Ordinary seaman Herman Melville served on the United States in 1843. Great Moby Dick!!
The United States was at Norfolk, Virginia and was not burned by retreating Union forces when the Confederates advanced on the naval yard April 20, 1861, but it was scuttled. The Confederates raised it and made it into a 19-gun receiving ship and known as the CSS United States. Kind of a strange name for a Confederate ship if you ask me. It was also referred to as the CSS Confederate States (better).
It was sunk in the Elizabeth River in May 1862 as an obstruction to advancing Union ships. It was raised and towed to Norfolk where it remained until March 1864 when it was broken up and sold for its wood.
But, What Happened to the Macedonian? --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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