Editing CSS Teaser (section)

==CSS ''Teaser''==
''Teaser'' was built at [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Purchased at [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]], by the State of Virginia in 1861, she was assigned to the naval forces in the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] with [[Lieutenant]] [[James Henry Rochelle]], [[Virginia State Navy]], in command. Upon the secession of Virginia, ''Teaser'' became a part of the Confederate States Navy and continued to operate in Virginia waters. With Lieutenant [[William A. Webb]], CSN, in command, she took an active part in the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 8–March 9, 1862, acting as tender to [[CSS Virginia|CSS ''Virginia'']]. She received the thanks of the [[Confederate Congress|Congress of the Confederate States]] for this action.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

''Teaser'' was a pioneer "aircraft carrier", serving as a base for an observation [[gas-filled balloon]]; she also became a pioneer [[minelayer]] when ordered on June 17, 1862, to assist [[General officer|General]] [[Robert E. Lee]]'s [[Army of Northern Virginia]]. Under Lieutenant [[Hunter Davidson]], CSN, she was used by the Confederate Naval Submarine Battery Service to plant and service "torpedoes" ([[Naval mine|mines]]) in the James River. While engaging {{USS|Maratanza|1861|6}} at Haxall's on the James on July 4, 1862, a [[United States|Union]] shell blew up ''Teaser''{{'}}s boiler and forced her crew to abandon ship. When seized by ''Maratanza'', ''Teaser'' was carrying on board a balloon for [[aerial reconnaissance]] of Union positions at [[City Point, Virginia|City Point]] and [[Harrison's Landing]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

===Commanders===
The commanders of the CSS ''Teaser'' were:<ref name=coski>Coski (1996), John M. ''Capital Navy: The Men, Ships and Operations of the James River Squadron'', Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury Publishers. {{ISBN|1-882810-03-1}}.</ref>

* Lieutenant [[James H. Rochelle]] (May–June 1861)
* Lieutenant [[Robert Randolph Carter]] (June–July 1861)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gill|first1=Harold B.|title=Robert Randolph Carter (1825–1888)|url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Carter_Robert_Randolph_1825-1888|publisher=Encyclopedia Virginia|accessdate=8 July 2015}}</ref>
* Acting Master [[William H. Face]] (June 1861 – January 1862)
* Lieutenant [[William A. Webb]] (February 1862 –)
* Lieutenant [[Hunter Davidson]] (June–July 1862)