The cruiser, named the vanderbilt, captured three blockade-runners during the war and in 1865 participated in the bombardment and amphibious assault on Fort Fisher.
"The Civil War Centennial Handbook"
William H. Price
The boys then found a very pleasant shelter on board the vanderbilt, bound for New York City.
"Three Years in the Federal Cavalry"
Willard Glazier
The New York Central dominated the other vanderbilt roads.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews