Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Naval Happenings 150 Years Ago: May 8th to 10th, 1863

MAY 8TH

Secretary Welles tells President Lincoln of the fall of Grand Gulf, Mississippi, who had not heard of it yet.

Union mortar flotilla supported by USS Richmond opens fire on Port Hudson, Mississippi.

MAY 9TH

USS Aroostook captured Sea Lion bound from Mobile to Havana with a cargo of cotton.

MAY 10TH

The USS Mound City engages a Confederate battery near Warrenton and sets it afire.  "Thus ended a fort in the space of an hour which had taken the rebels five months to build, working day and night."

Old B-Runner

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