USS Lexington
1861 to 1865
Gunboat (U.S.A.). Sidewheel steamer purchased by the United States War Department and converted into a gunboat in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1861. Commissioned by the U.S. Navy from August 12, 1861, to July 2, 1865. Purchased by Thomas Scott and Woodburn on August 17, 1865.
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USS Lexington. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198013 (January 20, 2026).
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