patrolled the river and escorted transports and supply ships. Reassigned to Cumberland River operations On 15 November, the gunboat was transferred to the Cumberland River for similar duty. In the months that followed, she frequently engaged Confederate batteries which fired upon her from temporary positions along the riverbanks as she reconnoitered the upper Cumberland and supported Army operations in Tennessee which would ultimately culminate in General William Tecumseh Sherman's death thrust through Georgia to the sea. She also participated in the Battle of Nashville December, 2nd, 4th and 15th, 1864. On 11 April 1864, Reindeer became a dispatch vessel for the Navy base at Mound City, Illinois, and served in that capacity until she decommissioned on 7 August 1865. Post-war disposal and subsequent civilian career She was sold at public auction on 17 August 1865 to J. A. Williamson, et al., and was redocumented as Mariner on 5 October 1865. The ship operated as a merchantman until she was stranded and destroyed at Decatur, Alabama, on 9 May 1867. See also Anaconda Plan References Ships of the Union Navy Steamships of the United States Navy Ships built in Cincinnati Gunboats of the United States Navy Dispatch boats of the United States Navy American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States 1863 ships