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| | Fairplay |
 | | Fairplay was built in 1859 at New Albany, Ind.; captured 18 August 1862 during a joint expedition to Milliken's Bend, in the Mississippi; taken possession of by the Army; commissioned 6 September 1862, Lieutenant Commander L. Fitch in command; and transferred to the Navy 1 October 1862. |
 | | On 3 February 1863, Fairplay was bound up the Cumberland from Smithland to Nashville, Tenn., around which a long campaign was in progress, guarding a convoy of transports. |
 | | Fairplay continued to operate in the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Ohio, on 3 December 1864, engaging a Confederate battery at Bell's Mill near Nashville. |
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