James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy.
Francis Trevelyan Miller, Ed.

The “Miami”

From the time she ran the forts below New Orleans with Farragut, the “Miami” was ever on the go. During 1863-4, under the redoubtable Lieutenant-Commander C. W. Flusser, she was active in Carolina waters. In the Roanoke River, April 1, 1864, she met her most thrilling adventure when she and the “Southfield” were attacked by the powerful Confederate ram “Albemarle.” “The Southfield” was sunk, but the “Miami” in a plucky running fight made her escape down the river and gave the alarm.

After a shooting-trip ashore — officers on the deck of the “Miami”

An indefatigable gunboat — the “Miami”