''Arrow'' was seized by the
Governor of Louisiana
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
in 1861 and turned over to the Confederate Army. Fitted out as a
gunboat, ''Arrow'' operated in Mississippi Sound protecting the water route between
and
Mobile. On 13 July 1861 she steamed in company with
''Oregon'' to the vicinity of Ship Island Light where they sought unsuccessfully to lure
USS ''Massachusetts'' under the shore batteries. She aided in removing Confederate troops from
Ship Island, Mississippi, during September 1861. When the Confederacy evacuated New Orleans in April she sailed up the
West Pearl River
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...
. There on 4 June 1862 she was burned to prevent capture.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arrow
Naval ships of the Confederate States of America
Ships of the Confederate States Navy