MAY 30TH
The USS Rhode Island was ordered to look for the CSS Alabama and Oreto in the West Indies early in 1863. It never found them, but did capture the blockade-runner Margaret and Jessie off Eleuthera Island this date. The runner took a shot in the boiler and had to run ashore to keep from sinking. It had a large cargo of cotton.
The Rhode Island had also been towing the USS Monitor when it foundered and later took part in both attacks on Fort Fisher. The Margaret and Jessie later may have become the USS Gettysburg.
I came across some differing information on both ships so will have to do some more research.
Bloackade-runner A.D. Vance sailed from Great Britain to Wilmington, this was the first of 11 successful runs through the blockade for the ship, one of the best records of any runner. I believe this was a North Carolina-owned blockade-runner.
MAY 31ST
The USS Carondolet, patrolling the Mississippi River below Vicksburg aided Union troops cut off by Confederates near Perkins Landing, Louisiana.
Admiral Porter volunteered to put a battery ashore to support General Sherman at Vicksburg.
Old B-Runner
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