on duty controlling illegal trading, and was reported as of May 17, to be patrolling in the area from the river town of Napoleon, Arkansas to Island No. 76. As of May 20, Marmora was part of the Sixth Division of the Mississippi Squadron, which was assigned to the region between Vicksburg and the Arkansas River. On August 23, Owen reported that Marmoras stern was in poor condition, while Gibson reported on September 13, that the vessel had been visited by smallpox. In February 1865, Marmora accepted the surrender of seven Confederate soldiers, and that same month escorted the ironclad USS Cincinnati to New Orleans, Louisiana. On February 21, she was reported as having been temporarily transferred to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. By April 1, she had been returned to the Sixth Division of the Mississippi Squadron. In late April, Marmora was one of the vessels earmarked to patrol the regions of the Mississippi River where it was thought most likely that fleeing Confederate president Jefferson Davis might attempt to cross the river. Marmora was reported on May 8 to be patrolling in the area between Napoleon and Gaines Landing. The war was winding down in April and May with a Confederate defeat, and on May 29, Marmora was one of a number of vessels reported as surplus by the Mississippi Squadron. Marmora was sent to Mound City, Illinois in June, where she entered reserve status. Decommissioned on July 7, she was sold to D. D. Barr for $8,650, () at a public auction on August 17. Marmora had required $15,107.40 () in repairs while in military service. Nothing further about her after her sale is known. Extracts from her ship's log were later published more times in the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies than those of any other tinclad. Notes References Sources Steamships of the United States Navy Ships built in Monongahela, Pennsylvania Ships of the Union Navy Gunboats of the United States Navy 1862 ships