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APPENDIX II

ANNEX III

TEXAS MARINE DEPARTMENT, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY

The Texas Marine Department, also called the Texas Marine Brigade, was 
organized by the Confederates early in the war to defend the coastal 
waters of that key State. In August 1861 Comdr. W. W. Hunter, CSN, was 
ordered to report to the Secretary of War for duty and assigned to 
superintend efforts to protect the Texas coast. An order of 21 September 
authorized his use of all available light draft vessels in that area to 
patrol the coastal waters and transport troops and supplies. Commander 
Hunter's first official act was to charter BAYOU CITY on 26 September 
1861. From that time until the end of hostilities more than 25 vessels 
became involved in these activities. A few were armed but most were used 
solely as transports. Some ships served only briefly with the Marine 
Department; others for the war's duration. See details of their 
histories supra.

A. S. RUTHVEN
ALAMO
BAYOU CITY
CLIFTON
COLONEL STELL
CORPUS CHRISTI
DIANA
DIME
*DODGE 
ERA NO. 3
FANNY MORGAN
FLORILDA
GENERAL RUSK
GEORGE BUCKHART
GRAND BAY
HARRIET LANE
ISLAND CITY
JEFF DAVIS
JOHN F. CARR
JOSIAH A. BELL
LONE STAR
LUCY GWIN
MARY HILL
NEPTUNE
ROEBUCK
ROYAL YACHT
SACHEM
SUNFLOWER
UNCLE BEN

*DODGE, originally USRC HENRY DODGE, operated with the Texas Marine 
Department but maintained her identity as a ship of the Confederate 
States Navy.