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} | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship fate= | Ship status= | Ship notes= }} |} The began the war as a Confederate privateer.〔 The Union Navy acquired the schooner from the prize court and outfitted the vessel for blockade duty. ==Privateer Service== As one method to counter Union naval power, the Confederacy issued letters of marque to facilitate the use of privateers against northern shipping. The schooner Priscilla C. Ferguson was acquired by a group headed by A. F. W. Abrams of Charleston, S.C. for service as a privateer.〔 The vessel was renamed Beauregard and fitted out with a single 24 pound rifled gun and accommodations for a 40 man crew.〔 The privateer Beauregard was commissioned in Charleston, S.C. on October 14, 1861.〔 The ship’s preparations did not go unreported, by October 24, 1861 a northern ship master notified Secretary of the Navy Welles that both the ''Beauregard'' and ''Dixie'' were at Charleston preparing for service as privateers.〔 Captain Gilbert Hay, with 2 lieutenants, 1 purser, and 23 crewmen, succeeded in running the blockade unobserved on November 5, 1861.〔 During the ''Beauregard''’s time as an active privateer, no captures were reported. On November 12, 1861〔 Lt. William C. Rogers commanding the spotted the ''Beauregard'' in the Bahama Channel.〔 Even though the ''Beauregard'' sailed with fewer men than originally planned Lt. Rogers’ attention was attracted to the schooner when only 4 miles off by "many men on her decks."〔 After a 2 hour chase〔 the ''Anderson'' was able capture the vessel. When Captain Hay finally surrendered he presented his letter of marque from Jefferson Davis to his captors.〔 After taking control of the ''Beauregard'' and putting a prize crew on board Lt. Rogers proceeded to take the prisoners and the prize to Key West for adjudication.〔 The ''Anderson'' and its prize arrived in Florida on November 19, 1861.〔 The prize court condemned the schooner with gross proceeds of $2,146.67 and $1,854.92 for distribution after costs and expenses.〔Porter, ''Naval History'', p. 834〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Beauregard (1861)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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