JUNE 2ND
CSS Alabama, after an 8-hour chase in the South Atlantic captures and burns Amazonian.
JUNE 3RD
Porter writes that he has sent six 8-inch guns up the Yazoo River to be placed where needed.
JUNE 3-4TH
Ram USS Switzerland reconnoitered the Atchafalaya River to Simmesport, Louisiana. It came under heavy rifle and cannon fire and was hit seven times.
JUNE 4TH
USS Commodore Perry and other ships transported Union troops to Bluffton, SC. The troops met strong resistance and the gunboats destroyed the town.
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