5 — a shallow-draft steamer built in 1860 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — was chartered by the Confederates early in 1863 to transport corn from the Red River to Camden, Arkansas.

As the steamer — laden with 4,500 bushels of corn — proceeded to her destination on 14 February 1863, she rounded a sharp bend 15 mi (24 km) above the mouth of the Black River, came upon and was captured by the USS Queen of the West.

[1] After Queen of the West was lost the same day, her crew fled to Union positions in the Era No.5.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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