Tag: side-wheeler George Weems

Photographed at Belle Plain, VA and Port Royal, VA in May of 1864.

Gibson and Gibson, Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels Steam and Sail Employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868 says: GEORGE WEEMS; sidewheel steamer; 447 tons. Chartered Aug 14, 1862-Apr 12, 1863; Apr ?, 1863, for unknown period; Apr 22, 1864-Mar 31, 1865. Utilized on the James River in the spring of 1864.