Tag: steamboat Dudley Buck

Gibson and Gibson, Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels Steam and Sail Employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868 says: DUDLEY BUCK; propeller steamer; 290 tons; 590 tons. Chartered Aug 26, 1862-Feb 1, 1864; Apr 7, 1864-May 11, 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. Chartered June 3, 1865-Mar 15, 1866. Utilized to transport cavalry troops from City Point, Virginia, to Texas in June of 1865.