Vol 1 (original volume encompassing letters A-B), page 157:

(TtwStr: t. 227 tons, 154'8" long, 33'6" beam, draught 5', speed, 6 mph, armaments: 2 12 pdr Rodmans, 2 12 pdr S. B.)

Brilliant, a wooden stern-wheel steamer, was built in 1862 at Brownsville, Pa., and purchased by the War Department, 13 August 1862, at St. Louis, Mo.; transfered and commissioned the following day, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Charles G. Perkins in command.

After undergoing repairs Brilliant sailed from St. Louis 25 September 1862 to join the Mississippi Squadron at Cairo, Ill. Throughout the Civil War she operated very actively on the Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rivers until 2 August 1865. ON 3 February 1863 she assisted in repelling the Confeerate attack on Fort Donelson, Tenn., and from 3 December until 16 Decmeber 1864 supported the union Army's attck on Nashville, Ten..

Brilliant was sold at public auction 17 August 1865 at Mound City, Ill.

BTW, I purchased this volume when I was in 4th grade for $5. Never knew that I would be using it for Civil War research. I have all 8 volumes as well as the Naval Division's Naval Chronology of the American Civil War.