(ScStr: t. 390; l. 162'; b. 23'; dr. 6'; cpl. 94; a. 2 20-pdr. Dahlgren, 6 24-pdr.)

The British blockade runner Don was captured off Beaufort, N.C., 4 March 1862 by Pequot, and sent to Boston, Mass., for adjudication. She was purchased by the Navy Department and sent to Boston Navy Yard to be fitted for service, arriving 21 April 1864.

Don put out from Boston 15 May 1864, under the command of Acting Master S. B. Gregory, to join the Potomac Flotilla. She patrolled the Potomac and other waters in and bordering Virginia with her base at Washington Navy Yard until 26 September 1865 when she sailed for New York.

Don remained at New York until 28 October 1865 when she joined the North Atlantic Squadron to cruise on the coasts of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and in the West Indies. She returned to New York 11 May 1868, was decommissioned there 18 May 1868, and sold 29 August of the same year.

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Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC.

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Green Mountain Boys known to have served on Don:

Abbott, Samuel Jr., enl 10/15/64, Landsman, USN, dsrtd 5/29/66, vessels: Don

Bruce, John, enl, date?, Landsman, USN, dsrtd 9/8/64, vessels: Don

Campbell, James, enl 2/65, Landsman, USN, disch, 2/8/68, vessels: Macedonian, Pinta, Tallapoosa

Colby, Henry G., comn 8/1/63, USN, Acting Assist. Paymaster; on bark Gem of the Seas (East Gulf Squadron), 64-65; Assistant Paymaster, steamer Don 7/66; Past Assistant Paymaster, 8/68; sloop Cyane, 70; Paymaster, 78; steam sloop Tuscarora, 80. (more)

Cunningham, Michael, substitute - enl 3/65, Landsman, USN, m/o 1/11/68, vessels: Marblehead, Macedonian, Swatara, New Hampshire, Savannah, Nina, Saco

Cuthbert, Andrew, enl 12/64, Landsman, USN, m/o 12/24/67, vessels: Chimo, Don

Day, John, enl 3/65, Landsman, USN, dsrtd 3/11/66, vessels: Potomac Flotilla, Cactus, Macedonian, Winnipec, Swatara

Emmons, George Foster, CAPT, USN; (more)

Forbes, Matthew C., enl 2/65, Landsman, USN, m/o 1/30/68, vessels: Potomac Flotilla; Banshee, Don, Minnesota

Gannon, Edward, enl 12/64, Landsman, USN, m/o 12/7/67, vessels: Miami, Malvern, Don, Massachusetts, Wampanoag

Gilbert, James, substitute - enl 2/65, Landsman, USN, m/o 11/11/67, vessels: Marblehead, Macedonian, Hornet, Mackinaw, Sabine

Grady, Dennis, enl 12/1/64, Landsman, USN, m/o 7/17/65, vessels: Don, Agamenticus

Hayward, Richard, enl 3/65, Landsman, USN, dsrtd 7/29/65, vessels: New London, Cincinnati

Hogan, John, substitute - enl 12/64, Landsman, USN, m/o 10/16/67, vessels: Memphis, Don, Massachusetts

Morrison, James, enl 9/15/63, Landsman, USN, m/o 9/10/64, vessels: Tuscarora, Macedonian

Morrison, William, enl 11/20/64, Landsman, USN, kia, night attack on Fort Sumter, 9/8/63, vessels: Lodona

Rogers, Calvin, substitute - enl 1/65, Landsman, USN, m/o 1/29/66, vessels: Don, Princeton

Rohrer, Karl, Appointed Midshipman, 7/22/65, USN, (more)

Sheehan, Jeremiah, substitute - enl 3/65, Landsman, USN, m/o 5/3/69, vessels: Marblehead, Macedonian, Stonewall, Shenandoah

Simmons, Joseph, enl 1/65, Landsman, USN, m/o 12/26/67, vessels: J. C. Kuhn, Quaker City, Macedonian

Stiletz, Alexander, enl 1/65, Landsman, USN, dsrtd 10/8/65, vessels: Don

Sullivan, Daniel, enl 2/65, Landsman, USN, m/o 2/5/67, vessels: Marblehead, Macedonian

Sweeney, Daniel, enl 1/65, Landsman, USN, m/o 1/30/68, vessels: Guard, Don, Minnesota

Verdon, Joseph, enl 1/65, Landsman, USN, m/o 1/24/68, vessels: Stepping Stones, Don, Massachusetts, Wampanoag

Williams, John, substitute - enl 3/65, Landsman, USN, m/o 2/26/68, vessels: Shawnee, Mayflower, Mackinaw, Macedonian