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| | USS Sachem II |
 | | On the 17th, Sachem was assigned to the Coast Survey and, with the assistant in charge, soon sailed for the Gulf of Mexico where Flag Officer Farragut was preparing to attack New Orleans. |
 | | Sachem, meanwhile, was busy transporting the wounded to the hospital at Pilot Town, mapping the labyrinthian waterways in the vicinity, supplying pilots for military traffic on the river, and helping to refloat Miami after that gunboat had run aground. |
 | | In March 1864 Sachem was back at Sabine Pass; and, in April, was said to be commanded by a noted blockade runner of Galveston John Davisson, was reportedly laden with cotton an] awaiting a chance to slip through the blockade. |
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