TIL USS Red Rover (1859) was a 650-ton Confederate States of America steamer that the United States Navy captured. After refitting the vessel, the Union used it as a hospital ship during the American Civil War.

Huh. I played Red Rover in 1973 and I have a feeling some kid might have played this in 1873. Never knew the root of the playground game. Now I do. Thanks OP.

MuthaPlucka

“Red Rover, Red Rover, send another warship over! We’ll take that one too.”

shogi_x

The initial medical processing at Navy Bootcamp is also called USS Red Rover

BerneseMtClimber

I mean if it was built in 1859 it wasn’t originally Confederate either. Sounds like it was originally a merchant ship.

WVildandWVonderful

There was no Confederate States of America. Just a bunch of racist losers who lost a fight they started.

Lexam