A Short Life As A Union Ship

The USS Diana was a part of the Union engagement at Brashear City and Bayou Teche, Louisiana on January 14^th 1863.

The USS Diana was built in 1858 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania.  She was a 239 ton side wheeled steamship.

On April 27^th 1862 Diana was captured from the Confederacy at New Orleans, Louisiana.  She was turned over to Union General Benjamin Franklin Butler.  For the next few months she was used as a Union transport ship.  In November 1862 the USS Diana was transferred to the Union Navy.  On January 14^th 1863 Diana took part in an attack on Confederate forces at Bayou Teche, Louisiana, and the demolition of the CSS J A Cotton.

The USS Diana was doing reconnaissance on Grand Lake, Louisiana and the Atchafalaya River when she was captured by the Confederates March 28^th 1863.  A few weeks later the Diana was destroyed by Union forces.