CS ''Neptune''

C.S. Army Tug Neptune (circa 1862-1863) was a wooden tugboat taken over by the Confederate States Army in about 1862 for the Texas Marine Department. She was employed as a tug, transport, and lookout vessel in the vicinity of Galveston, Texas.^[1]

On 1 January 1863, during the Battle of Galveston, Confederate troops used her and the gunboat CS Bayou City in an effort to board and capture the United States Revenue Cutter Service revenue cutter USRC Harriet Lane. Though the enterprise was a success, Neptune was badly damaged and sank shortly afterwards.^[1]

References

1 2 "Confederate Ships - C.S. Army Tug Neptune". Naval Historical Center, Department of the U.S. Navy (13 October 2000), www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved 2007-04-10.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1863
Shipwrecks	1 Jan: CS Neptune, USS Westfield 11 Jan: USS Hatteras 14 Jan: USS Columbia 17 Jan: USS Columbia 23 Jan: USS Morning Light 30 Jan: USS Isaac Smith 7 Feb: USS Glide, HMS Orpheus 23 Feb: USS Kinsman 24 Feb: USS Indianola 25 Feb: USS Indianola 28 Feb: Rattlesnake February (unknown date): CSS American Diver 14 Mar: USS Mississippi 19 Mar: CSS Georgiana 25 Mar: USS Lancaster 29 Mar: Absalom March (unknown date): Star of the West 8 Apr: USS Keokuk 27 Apr: Ada Hancock, Anglo Saxon, USS Preble 18 May: USS Shepherd Knapp 28 May: USS Lily May (unknown date): CSS Ivy 5 Jun: CSS Stono 17 Jun: CSS Atlanta 24 Jun: USS Sumpter 13 Jul: USS Baron DeKalb 6 Aug: USS Paw Paw 17 Aug: USS Crocus 18 Aug: CSS Oconee 21 Aug: USS Bainbridge 29 Aug: H. L. Hunley 11 Oct: USS Madgie 15 Oct: H. L. Hunley 6 Dec: USS Weehawken 10 Dec: Hooghly 30 Dec: Montana Unknown date: Beejapore, Carrier Dove
Other incidents	1 Jan: USRC Harriet Lane 28 May: USS Choctaw 7 Dec: Chesapeake Unknown date: J. M. Chapman
1862 1864

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