
(Sip: t. ca. 40)
Pine may have remained under private ownership in serving the Confederates as a cargo ship along the North Carolina coast. On 30 August 1861 she was ordered to report to Captain Leech, CSA, at Fort Ocracoke, N.C. On 3 February 1863 she was under orders of Major General Foster, CSA, in carrying nonmilitary provisions for the use of the officers and soldiers in Washington, N.C.