Tag: side-wheeler Herman Livingston

Gibson and Gibson, Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels Steam and Sail Employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868 says: HERMAN LIVINGSTON; sidewheel steamer; 1314 tons. Chartered July 15, 1864-Aug 9, 1865. One of 99 vessels engaged in the supply of Sherman’s army after it reached the sea at Savannah, Georgia, in Dec of 1864, and later during the Carolina campaign of early 1865. Participated as a troopship in the successful assault against Fort Fisher, North Caroliina, during Jan 1865. Carried troops to Texas in May-June 1865.