USS Emily

History
United States
Name	USS Emily
Operator	Union Navy
General characteristics
Type	Steamboat
Service record
Commanders	C. W. Flusser George Howland
Operations	American Civil War

USS Emily was a steamboat in the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

In October 1862, Emily fell under the jurisdiction of a Colonel Howard at Roanoke Island, whereat it was lent to Lieutenant Commander C. W. Flusser to ferry Union servicemen wounded in the Joint Expedition Against Franklin to Norfolk Hospital. At some point in its service history, the steamer ^[1] was captained by George Howland. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Long, John D.; Rawson, Edward K.; Stewart, Charles W. (1899). "Expedition against Franklin, Va., October 3, 1862: Report of Lieutenant-Commander Flusser, U. S. Navy, commanding U. S. S. Commodore Perry. (October 6, 1862 (1862-10-06))". Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. 1. Vol. 8. United States Government Printing Office. pp. 108–110.
2. "Selected Civil War Collections held by the New York State Library". New York State Library. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
3. Casstevens, Frances Harding (August 2004). "Partial List of Inmates at Castle Thunder". George W. Alexander and Castle Thunder: A Confederate Prison and Its Commandant. McFarland & Company. p. 185. ISBN   978-0-7864-1859-6. Howland, George—Captain of U.S.S. Emily, held in Libby Prison and Castle Thunder. Letters and memoirs are housed in the New York State Library.²⁵³