Some Charleston News:
On March 10th, W.B. Ryan reported selling 15 slaves in Charleston for an average price of $912, which included $1,810 for a 20-year-old woman.
On March 17th the blockade-running steamer Ruby arrived from Nassau and sold its cargo at a substantial profit.
On March 18th, the British steamship Calypso outran the blockaders and cannon fire.
March 19th the British steamer Georgiana gained the South Carolina coast with medicine, dry goods and six pieces of field artillery. Off Drewers Island it passed two blockaders but was not seen.
A few minutes later, it was seen by another blockader which fired on the Georgiana. One shell took out the ship's rudder. The captain ran it ashore on Long Island, present-day Isle of Palms. It hit the beach and flooded to prevent the Union Navy from taking the cargo.
Charleston at War. --Old B-Runner
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