GUARD

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Steamship / Storeship Launched 1857 - Acquired July 6 1861 USS NATIONAL GUARD (Stores Ship) Commissioned December 23 1862 - Decommissioned November 10 1865 Recommissioned March 13 1866 USS GUARD (Stores Ship) Renamed June 2 1866 Decommissioned November 5 1869 Recommissioned January 17 1870 - Decommissioned August 3 1870 Recommissioned February 1 1873 - Decommissioned April 27 1874 Recommissioned August 18 1877 - Decommissioned December 15 1878 Sold September 27 1883 to C. A. Williams & Co. of New London, Connecticut

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Key West FL CDS

1862-09-02

As NATIONAL GUARD, posted prior to commissioning

 

Springfield MA CDS

1872-12-01 (pencil notation)

Incoming mail to USS GUARD off New York. Pencil notation of date is while decommissioned.

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Civil War Medal

Namesake

One who protects or defends

 

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