George H Abel, Chief Quartermaster, USN
Pension records show service on board USS Grampus, USS Great Western and USS Gazelle
U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910about George H Abel
Name: George H Abel
Publication: M1279
Pension Approval: Approved
File Number: 9921
Certification Number: 21211
USS Grampus was a schooner in the United States Navy. She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named for the Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's Dolphin.
Grampus was built at the Washington Navy Yard under the supervision of naval constructor William Doughty, based on a design by Henry Eckford. Her 73 ft (22 m) keel was laid down in 1820. She was launched in early August 1821. The need to suppress piracy and to maintain ships to catch slavers led to the building of five such schooners, the largest of which was Grampus. This was the first building program undertaken by the Navy since the War of 1812.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Grampus_%281821%29
Great Western, a sidewheel steamer, was built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1857 and was purchased by the War Department 10 February 1862. She was transferred to the Navy 30 September 1862, but had been used since her purchase by the Western Flotilla.
Great Western was used as an ordnance boat for the Navy on the western waters, and in that capacity operated from Cairo, Ill., to various points on the Mississippi and its tributaries. She supplied ships at the mouths of the White and Arkansas Rivers with ammunition and ordnance, and occasionally fired at Confederate batteries ashore in the almost daily engagements in keeping open the far-spreading river highway system by which the Union divided and destroyed the South. While with the Mortar Flotilla 30 July 1862 she fired on cavalry attacking the boats near the mouth of the Arkansas River and succeeded in driving them off.
During 1862 and the first half of 1863, the overriding concern of Union forces was the capture of Vicksburg, and Great Western spent much of her time during this period near the mouth of the Yazoo River above the city in support of combined operations there. She provided support for the joint attacks of December 1862 above the city, and remained in the area until the Confederate stronghold fell in July 1863. Following the fall of Vicksburg, Great Western continued her duties as supply ship for the squadron, being stationed at Skipwith's Landing, Miss., and Goodrich's Landing, La. In July 1864 she was sent back to Cairo to act as a receiving ship. Great Western was transferred as receiving ship, Mound City, Ill., in March 1865, and was subsequently sold at auction there to John Riley 29 November 1865.
USS Gazelle (1863) was a side-wheel steamer acquired by the Union Navy for duty with the Mississippi River Squadron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gazelle_%281863%29
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Pension records show service on board USS Grampus, USS Great Western and USS Gazelle
U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910about George H Abel
Name: George H Abel
Publication: M1279
Pension Approval: Approved
File Number: 9921
Certification Number: 21211
USS Grampus was a schooner in the United States Navy. She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named for the Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's Dolphin.
Grampus was built at the Washington Navy Yard under the supervision of naval constructor William Doughty, based on a design by Henry Eckford. Her 73 ft (22 m) keel was laid down in 1820. She was launched in early August 1821. The need to suppress piracy and to maintain ships to catch slavers led to the building of five such schooners, the largest of which was Grampus. This was the first building program undertaken by the Navy since the War of 1812.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Grampus_%281821%29
Great Western, a sidewheel steamer, was built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1857 and was purchased by the War Department 10 February 1862. She was transferred to the Navy 30 September 1862, but had been used since her purchase by the Western Flotilla.
Great Western was used as an ordnance boat for the Navy on the western waters, and in that capacity operated from Cairo, Ill., to various points on the Mississippi and its tributaries. She supplied ships at the mouths of the White and Arkansas Rivers with ammunition and ordnance, and occasionally fired at Confederate batteries ashore in the almost daily engagements in keeping open the far-spreading river highway system by which the Union divided and destroyed the South. While with the Mortar Flotilla 30 July 1862 she fired on cavalry attacking the boats near the mouth of the Arkansas River and succeeded in driving them off.
During 1862 and the first half of 1863, the overriding concern of Union forces was the capture of Vicksburg, and Great Western spent much of her time during this period near the mouth of the Yazoo River above the city in support of combined operations there. She provided support for the joint attacks of December 1862 above the city, and remained in the area until the Confederate stronghold fell in July 1863. Following the fall of Vicksburg, Great Western continued her duties as supply ship for the squadron, being stationed at Skipwith's Landing, Miss., and Goodrich's Landing, La. In July 1864 she was sent back to Cairo to act as a receiving ship. Great Western was transferred as receiving ship, Mound City, Ill., in March 1865, and was subsequently sold at auction there to John Riley 29 November 1865.
USS Gazelle (1863) was a side-wheel steamer acquired by the Union Navy for duty with the Mississippi River Squadron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gazelle_%281863%29
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George H Abel, Chief Quartermaster, USN
Pension records show service on board USS Grampus, USS Great Western and USS Gazelle
U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910about George H Abel
Name: George H Abel
Publication: M1279
Pension Approval: Approved
File Number: 9921
Certification Number: 21211
USS Grampus was a schooner in the United States Navy. She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named for the Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's Dolphin.
Grampus was built at the Washington Navy Yard under the supervision of naval constructor William Doughty, based on a design by Henry Eckford. Her 73 ft (22 m) keel was laid down in 1820. She was launched in early August 1821. The need to suppress piracy and to maintain ships to catch slavers led to the building of five such schooners, the largest of which was Grampus. This was the first building program undertaken by the Navy since the War of 1812.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Grampus_%281821%29
Great Western, a sidewheel steamer, was built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1857 and was purchased by the War Department 10 February 1862. She was transferred to the Navy 30 September 1862, but had been used since her purchase by the Western Flotilla.
Great Western was used as an ordnance boat for the Navy on the western waters, and in that capacity operated from Cairo, Ill., to various points on the Mississippi and its tributaries. She supplied ships at the mouths of the White and Arkansas Rivers with ammunition and ordnance, and occasionally fired at Confederate batteries ashore in the almost daily engagements in keeping open the far-spreading river highway system by which the Union divided and destroyed the South. While with the Mortar Flotilla 30 July 1862 she fired on cavalry attacking the boats near the mouth of the Arkansas River and succeeded in driving them off.
During 1862 and the first half of 1863, the overriding concern of Union forces was the capture of Vicksburg, and Great Western spent much of her time during this period near the mouth of the Yazoo River above the city in support of combined operations there. She provided support for the joint attacks of December 1862 above the city, and remained in the area until the Confederate stronghold fell in July 1863. Following the fall of Vicksburg, Great Western continued her duties as supply ship for the squadron, being stationed at Skipwith's Landing, Miss., and Goodrich's Landing, La. In July 1864 she was sent back to Cairo to act as a receiving ship. Great Western was transferred as receiving ship, Mound City, Ill., in March 1865, and was subsequently sold at auction there to John Riley 29 November 1865.
USS Gazelle (1863) was a side-wheel steamer acquired by the Union Navy for duty with the Mississippi River Squadron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gazelle_%281863%29
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Pension records show service on board USS Grampus, USS Great Western and USS Gazelle
U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910about George H Abel
Name: George H Abel
Publication: M1279
Pension Approval: Approved
File Number: 9921
Certification Number: 21211
USS Grampus was a schooner in the United States Navy. She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named for the Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's Dolphin.
Grampus was built at the Washington Navy Yard under the supervision of naval constructor William Doughty, based on a design by Henry Eckford. Her 73 ft (22 m) keel was laid down in 1820. She was launched in early August 1821. The need to suppress piracy and to maintain ships to catch slavers led to the building of five such schooners, the largest of which was Grampus. This was the first building program undertaken by the Navy since the War of 1812.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Grampus_%281821%29
Great Western, a sidewheel steamer, was built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1857 and was purchased by the War Department 10 February 1862. She was transferred to the Navy 30 September 1862, but had been used since her purchase by the Western Flotilla.
Great Western was used as an ordnance boat for the Navy on the western waters, and in that capacity operated from Cairo, Ill., to various points on the Mississippi and its tributaries. She supplied ships at the mouths of the White and Arkansas Rivers with ammunition and ordnance, and occasionally fired at Confederate batteries ashore in the almost daily engagements in keeping open the far-spreading river highway system by which the Union divided and destroyed the South. While with the Mortar Flotilla 30 July 1862 she fired on cavalry attacking the boats near the mouth of the Arkansas River and succeeded in driving them off.
During 1862 and the first half of 1863, the overriding concern of Union forces was the capture of Vicksburg, and Great Western spent much of her time during this period near the mouth of the Yazoo River above the city in support of combined operations there. She provided support for the joint attacks of December 1862 above the city, and remained in the area until the Confederate stronghold fell in July 1863. Following the fall of Vicksburg, Great Western continued her duties as supply ship for the squadron, being stationed at Skipwith's Landing, Miss., and Goodrich's Landing, La. In July 1864 she was sent back to Cairo to act as a receiving ship. Great Western was transferred as receiving ship, Mound City, Ill., in March 1865, and was subsequently sold at auction there to John Riley 29 November 1865.
USS Gazelle (1863) was a side-wheel steamer acquired by the Union Navy for duty with the Mississippi River Squadron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gazelle_%281863%29
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